Development of a Program to Develop Decision-Making Skills in Environmental Education

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24650514
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: IMAMURA TETSUNORI 山形大学, 大学院教育実践研究科, 教授 (00272055)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NASU Tosio 山形大学, 地域教育文化学部, 名誉教授 (00083436)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 環境教育 / 意思決定 / 環境リテラシー / 実態調査 / 学習ガイドライン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Developing decision-making skills is a crucial issue in environmental education. The purpose of this research was to reveal the actual condition of decision-making skills of elementary and junior high school students, and to propose a program to develop such skills. First, the result of US environmental education research, clarified the learning guidelines to be used as specific criteria. Next, findings from the survey conducted on elementary and junior high school students, revealed the decision-making skills of such students were low. Based on those results, concrete learning strategies and teaching plans were created for the purpose of developing decision-making skills of students.

Free Research Field

理科教育、環境教育