1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development & Tryout of Environmental Education Curriculum in Teacher's Colleges
| Project/Area Number |
06451139
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
OKUI Tomohisa Utsunomiya University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (60024965)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HITOMI Hisaki Utsunomiya University, Faculty of Education, Research Assistant, 教育学部, 助手 (10218729)
ITOH Akihiko Utsunomiya University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (70134252)
KOBORI Sizuko Utsunomiya University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (20007991)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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| Keywords | Environmental / Curriculum Development / College Curriculum |
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| Research Abstract |
(1) 84% of teacher's colleges in Japan have environmental education curricula in spite of that are not essential subjects for students to become a school teacher. This ratio show high consciousness of college teachers to environmental education.
(2) Environmental education in Japanese teacher's college are mainly taught by natural scientists (57%) and social scientists (26%).
(3) Contents of environmental education which we newly developed are as follows :
A.Historical background of environmental education
B.Environmental education in foreigh countries
C.Cognitive & emotinal development of students
D.Objectives of environmental education
Basic concepts to organize environmental education curricula
F.Objectives & contents of enviromental education in each level
(4) We also developed teaching programs such as "Environmental education at elementary school through acid rain", "Mechanism of earthquake and preparatory activity to earthquake".
(5) One of our research staffs had stayd the University of Hawaii for ten months in 1995. Then he got experiences of environmental education at college level on ecology in the wetland, pollution in seashore, etc. He also noticed the university students often used internet computer system when they present their data from environment observation.
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