The influence of the East Japan great earthquake disaster on the forest and nature view of children.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K14744
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Iwate University
• Principal Investigator: HIYANE Akira 岩手大学, 連合農学研究科, 教授 (90218743)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 子ども / 森林観 / 森林環境教育 / 自然保護教育 / アンケート調査 / テキスト分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research is a fundamental study to respond to the problem of how to communicate the relationship between forest and human beings to children who experienced the threat of nature in the Great East Japan Earthquake. The purpose of this research is to grasp the influence of the great earthquake on the forest view of children. Investigation of this research focused on questionnaire survey for elementary and junior high school students and text analysis of children's composition.
As a result of investigation, it was found that the Great East Japan Earthquake did not necessarily have a negative influence on children's forest view. Therefore, it is important to provide forest environmental education suitable for children in disaster areas while paying attention to children who experienced the disaster.

Free Research Field

森林科学・環境教育