2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Basic Research for Regional Plan of Water Environmental Education

Research Project

Project/Area Number	11680254
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	教科教育
Research Institution	Niigata University
Principal Investigator	MIYAZONO Mamoru Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Niigata University, Associate Professor, 教育人間科学部, 助教授 (00209909)
Project Period (FY)	1999 – 2001
Keywords	environmental education / water environment / Sougouteki-na-gakusyuu / regional plan of environmental education / Miomote River / Regional Map / teacher's training
Research Abstract	The purpose of this research is : 1) to make a regional plan of water environmental education, 2) to enhance teacher's capacities of planning a curriculum of water environmental education, 3) to enhance teacher's capacities of investigating regional fields, 4) to enhance teacher's teaching practical capacities. So, I investigated the actual conditions of elementary-secondary school environmental education in Niigata prefecture, and organized a study group which is constructed by elementary and secondary school teachers. And I carried out several workshop, -method of investigating regional field, planning a curriculum. The results of this research is following : (1) at many elementary and secondary schools in Niigata prefecture, they have carried out environmental education, especially Water Environment. (2) teachers who have taken part in the study group positively estimated these workshop. (3)we made a regional map 'MIOMOTE-KAWA WAKUWAKU MAP'.