Development of teaching materials and teaching programs of forest environmental education in elementary schools based on the viewpoint of ESD

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K04757
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Mie University
• Principal Investigator: Hirayama Daisuke 三重大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00448755)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 森林環境教育 / 小学校 / ESD / 授業 / 教員研修

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to promote forest environmental education in elementary schools based on the viewpoint of ESD (Education for Sustainable Development), I developed the cross-curricular teaching programs and materials for multiple functions of forests in relation to the ecological services. The developed teaching programs and materials were practiced for elementary school students at elementary schools and museums in Mie Prefecture. Furthermore, I introduced the teaching programs and materials to school teachers in the in-service trainings. The results of analyses of the questionnaire answers obtained from the practices suggest that the cross-curricular programs and materials developed in this study have great potential for the forest environmental education in elementary schools.

Free Research Field

植物生態学　森林生態学　生物教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で開発・実践し，有効性を検討した教材および授業プログラムは，これまで実施の困難さから一部の学校でしか進んでいない小学校での森林環境教育の推進を可能にする。理科，社会，国語といった各教科の森林に関する内容を適切に活用し，普段の授業の中で継続的に展開する森林環境教育は，林業地へのアクセスや費用の問題にとらわれることなく，広く小学校において実施可能であり，重要なESDの取組みのひとつになり得ると考えられる。