1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of Eco-School Scheme in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	10680190
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Science education
Research Institution	Shiga University (1999) Naruto University of Education (1998)
Principal Investigator	ICHIKAWA Satoshi Shiga University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (60274271)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	HARAKO Eiichirou Tokyo Gakugei University, Field Studies Institute for Environmental Education, Associate Professor, 環境教育実践施設, 助教授 (70272630)
Project Period (FY)	1998 – 1999
Keywords	Environmental Education / Formal Education / Eco-School / Community Involvement / Period for Integrated Study
Research Abstract	It was clear that Eco-School Scheme in UK has 6 steps as follows ; (1) Registration, (2) Implementation of Eco-School Program, (3)Award application, (4) Evaluation by community, (5) Award giving, (6) Renewal of the award. Two times of workshops were held to make Eco-School image and design with schoolteachers and non-formal Environmental Educators by referring to this Scheme. It was concluded in this project that key concept of Eco-School Scheme in Japan are to share the Eco-School's Image, Design, Process and Experiences with each school's teachers, students/pupils, parents and community.

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