Development of a Learning Program for Environmental Education to Support Children's Understanding of Biodiversity

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24700865
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Science education
Research Institution	Utsunomiya University
Principal Investigator	DEGUCHI AKIKO 宇都宮大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (70515981)
Research Collaborator	OHKUBO Tatsuhiro 宇都宮大学, 農学部, 教授 (10176844)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	科学教育カリキュラム / 生物多様性 / 里山 / ゲーム / 森林生態学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study was to develop a learning program for environmental education to support children's understanding of biodiversity. To achieve this purpose, a Sugoroku game to have a simulated experience of vegetation succession and people’s utilization of Satoyama, which exist in Mashoko town in Tochigi prefecture, was developed. In addition, a learning program for environmental education which using the developed Sugoroku game was proposed.