Development of the cross-curricular forest environmental education programs in elementary schools from the perspective of achieving the SDGs

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02839
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
• Research Institution: Mie University
• Principal Investigator: Hirayama Daisuke 三重大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00448755)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 森林環境教育 / 小学校 / SDGs / 教材開発 / 授業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Cross-curricular forest environmental education programs in elementary schools were developed from the perspective of achieving the SDGs. The developed teaching programs and materials were practiced at elementary schools in Mie Prefecture for learning about the socially beneficial functions of forests. Furthermore, the teaching programs and materials were introduced to school teachers in the in-service trainings. The effectiveness of the programs was assessed by multiple-choice and open-ended questionnaires for students and teachers. The results of analyses of the questionnaire answers 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

本研究により、SDGsの具体的目標に係る森林の気候緩和機能および樹木と人間生活の関わりに関しては、主に校庭や都市残存林など、学校内外の身近な場所の活用と、教科横断的な授業展開例および教材の作成により、理科や社会科といった各教科の授業時間内に実施可能なものにできることが分かった。このことは、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かった森林環境教育を、現場の教師にとって手軽に、普段の授業の中で取り組むことができる授業プログラムの開発によって推進するという点で、大きな意義があると考えられる。