Effects of outdoor education programs in Wilderness environments on the ego reconstruction of experiencers.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K11459
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 59030:Physical education, and physical and health education-related
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Hitoshi 筑波大学, 体育系, 助教 (70375476)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 野外教育 / 自然体験プログラム / キャンプ / 教育学 / ウィルダネス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In recent years, research on outdoor education programmes has focused on the meaning, function and structure of the 'place' itself in which the programmes are developed. For example, parks, Satoyama, artificial forests and Wilderness are generally recognised as 'environments with nature', but each has similar and different 'place' values. The aim of this study was to implement an outdoor education programme in a wilderness environment for children and adolescents, and to examine how the place of 'wilderness' in particular affects the ego and self of the experiencers. The results of the study confirmed that 'depth of wilderness' or 'relationship with others and nature' is a factor that has a certain influence on the reconstruction of the experiencer's ego.

Free Research Field

野外教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、野外教育プログラムは自然環境で実践されるが、自然環境は単に活動空間ではなく、「神秘性」「荘厳性」「他者や自然との一体感」などを体験させる重要な場であることが示唆され、今後の野外教育の「場」の本質論の萌芽的研究となったことである。また本研究の社会的意義は、指導現場への自然環境の再認識を促進し、我が国の青少年教育としての野外教育プログラムの実践を後押しするエビデンスの蓄積となったことである。