Investigation of children's nature activities' spin-off effects to their parents, a study in Hokkaido

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24600017
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 子ども学(子ども環境学)
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University of Science
• Principal Investigator: SHIINO Akio 北海道科学大学, 工学部, 教授 (00364240)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OKAMURA Toshikuni 北海道科学大学, 空間創造学部, 教授 (50233367) ; KUBO Katsuhiro 北海道科学大学, 工学部, 教授 (90329136)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 自然体験 / 子ども / 保護者 / 波及効果

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This paper aimed at clarifying the children’s activities in nature and its spin-off effects to their parents, by means of surveying two generations such as children and their parents, from the both sides of their physical and mental effects. As a result, through the analysis of three case studies, all of the children’s activities in nature showed certain spin-off effects to their parents, such as cultivating parents’ knowledge of nature and developing the family’s outdoor activities. Based on this consideration, it is required to evoking parents’ interests and curiosity of the nature activity programs which their children participating, for the purpose of progressing the future nature activities.

Free Research Field

造園学