2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A study on effects of school reorganization to utilization of local surroundings in the environmental education activities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24860051
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Town planning/Architectural planning
Research Institution	Akita Prefectural University
Principal Investigator	WATANABE maki 秋田県立大学, システム科学技術学部, 助教 (50636876)
Project Period (FY)	2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	学校統廃合 / 環境教育 / 地域資源 / 廃校活用 / 地域連携 / 小学校 / 広域学区 / 地域コミュニティ
Research Abstract	This paper focuses on the Environmental Education activity in consolidated elementary schools and aims to clarify the following three points from interviews with principals: the actual state of utilization of local resources, the cooperative relationship between the consolidated school and its local communities and the condition of these changing before and after the consolidation and abolition of schools. The results are as follows: (1) Former activities in former school districts tend to disappear. Similar or new activities in former school districts are found although such activities were limited. This is to say that consolidated schools utilize local resources in wide school district. (2) It is necessary to apply school buses to consolidated schools in a flexible way. (3) The cooperative relationship between the consolidated school and its local communities has weakened and this is one of remaining issues.

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