Natural history education in islands and rural areas

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03107
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09080:Science education-related
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Akihiko 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20235930)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 海岸漂着物 / ビーチコーミング / 自然史教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In islands and rural areas blessed with nature, we re-recognized coastal debris and coastal sediments from the perspective of seaside natural history education, and tried to use them as familiar natural history teaching materials. As a practice of nature experience learning, beach combing and field training on the beach were conducted in the class of the University to improve the literacy ability of natural history education to understand the diversity of nature. Outreach attempted to observe and collect seaside natural history samples and provided hands-on activities to local children. An approach that utilizes familiar natural history teaching materials in islands and rural areas brings a new perspective to the literacy of natural history education.

Free Research Field

地球科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

一連の研究成果は漂着物学会、日本貝類学会はじめ各種学会で発表し、これらの学会誌で公表した。このうちアオイガイ類の大量漂着や暖流系漂着物の漂着例は、海洋環境の地球温暖化の一例として注目された。また、2021年に出版した「北海道ビーチコーマーズガイド」（北海道海岸生物研究会）は、漂着物の自然史教育の教材として、学生の野外調査指導や教員の免許更新講習の資料として活用したが、写真や図が多く見やすくてわかりやすいと好評であった。