2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on Environmental Education Curriculum in Minamata

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23530993
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator	DOI Taeko 金沢大学, 学校教育系, 教授 (50447661)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	公害・環境教育論 / 水俣 / カリキュラム研究
Research Abstract	The objective of this study is to gain a comprehensive and historical perspective of pollution education in Minamata. Teachers in the city of Minamata took the initiative and organized the Minamata-Ashikita Pollution Study Circle in 1976, and the Circle still plays the leading role in pollution education in the city of Minamata. Through interviews with the members of the Circle and by gathering various documents in Minamata, this study clarified the history before the Circle was organized, such as the relationship between teachers and the first trial on pollution, which was filed in 1969, as well as the history of actual pollution education conducted for a few decades afterwards based on their relationship with various problems associated with Minamata disease.