{"title":"A Pilot Study of Junior High School Students’ Awareness about Alien Species","authors":"Toru Doi","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.29.2_44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.29.2_44","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128321880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Necessary Process to Improve ESD Continually","authors":"T. Ogushi","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.29.1_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.29.1_21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128466665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michiko Inoue, Sue Elliott, Midori Mitsuhashi, H. Kido
In this paper we review the forest kindergartens and Skogsmulle programs (Swedish outdoor programs) as well as the formally registered early childhood services in Japan. All of these different service types are known to include nature-based activities for young children. The formally registered early childhood services are subject to national guidelines (CAO et al. 2017, MEXT 2017, MHLW 2017) that require nature-based activities to promote children’s development. However, these guidelines fall short on matters of global sustainability, environmental issues, environmental education (EE), or education for sustainability (EfS), thus we argue a comprehensive approach is lacking and a gap in practices evident. We suggest that the two alternative service types, forest kindergartens and Skogsmulle programs, offer more potential to promote EE/EfS than the formally registered early childhood services. We also briefly review Australian early childhood policies and settings and identify a similar situation, where nature-based activities appear to deflect from a comprehensive approach to EE/EfS. We argue that a critical analysis of policies and improvement of pre-service and in-service teacher programs to build sustainability knowledge and pedagogical skills is required. Also the establishment of collective professional networks across the varied nature-based activity programs and service types is necessary across each nation to transform existing nature-based activities into effective EE/EfS approaches and practices for global sustainability. We also identify this review paper as a precursor to further research in this topical area.
{"title":"Nature-based early childhood activities as environmental education?: A review of Japanese and Australian perspectives","authors":"Michiko Inoue, Sue Elliott, Midori Mitsuhashi, H. Kido","doi":"10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_21","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we review the forest kindergartens and Skogsmulle programs (Swedish outdoor programs) as well as the formally registered early childhood services in Japan. All of these different service types are known to include nature-based activities for young children. The formally registered early childhood services are subject to national guidelines (CAO et al. 2017, MEXT 2017, MHLW 2017) that require nature-based activities to promote children’s development. However, these guidelines fall short on matters of global sustainability, environmental issues, environmental education (EE), or education for sustainability (EfS), thus we argue a comprehensive approach is lacking and a gap in practices evident. We suggest that the two alternative service types, forest kindergartens and Skogsmulle programs, offer more potential to promote EE/EfS than the formally registered early childhood services. We also briefly review Australian early childhood policies and settings and identify a similar situation, where nature-based activities appear to deflect from a comprehensive approach to EE/EfS. We argue that a critical analysis of policies and improvement of pre-service and in-service teacher programs to build sustainability knowledge and pedagogical skills is required. Also the establishment of collective professional networks across the varied nature-based activity programs and service types is necessary across each nation to transform existing nature-based activities into effective EE/EfS approaches and practices for global sustainability. We also identify this review paper as a precursor to further research in this topical area.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130874440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sachi Ninomiya-Lim, Jinyoung Kang, ChangHwan Kim, S. Abdullah
{"title":"Environmental Education in Higher Education Institutes in Asia","authors":"Sachi Ninomiya-Lim, Jinyoung Kang, ChangHwan Kim, S. Abdullah","doi":"10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_36","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127938210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We conducted an education session that included designing wind turbines with an aim to foster hope for the future in children. The session was held with 134 elementary school students in the fourth grade. The contents of the educational program were: (1) a lecture on issues regarding energy and the environment, (2) designing and making new types of wind turbines constructed out of thick paper, (3) conducting experiments to evaluate their power generation capability (i.e., the activity was first carried out individually, and then in groups of three or four), (4) analyzing experimental data and presenting the results to the participants in groups, and (5) a lecture on the characteristics of wind turbines, disadvantages of renewable energy, and the energy mix of power sources. According to the questionnaire-based survey, more than 90% of the participants enjoyed designing and making the wind turbines, conducting experiments, analyzing the experimental data, and were motivated to continue to create more efficient wind turbines. However, the percentage of participants who were satisfied with the experimental results and their own presentations was less than 80%, and 60% felt that there is a possibility that the issue pertaining to energy and the environment can be solved. According to the results of the structural equation modeling, participants who were satisfied with the experimental results of the power generated by the wind turbines that they had created were inspired by the successful results of other groups. Additionally, these participants felt that the issues pertaining to energy and the environment can be solved. We conclude that to foster hope for the future in children through inquiry-based learning, it is necessary to give them sufficient time or set a target to achieve success so that they can satisfy themselves.
{"title":"Practice and Evaluation of an Education Session for Fostering Hope for the Future in Children by Designing Wind Turbines","authors":"Tsukasa Watanabe, Yasuomi Minagawa, Arisa Nakazawa","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.30.1_29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.30.1_29","url":null,"abstract":"We conducted an education session that included designing wind turbines with an aim to foster hope for the future in children. The session was held with 134 elementary school students in the fourth grade. The contents of the educational program were: (1) a lecture on issues regarding energy and the environment, (2) designing and making new types of wind turbines constructed out of thick paper, (3) conducting experiments to evaluate their power generation capability (i.e., the activity was first carried out individually, and then in groups of three or four), (4) analyzing experimental data and presenting the results to the participants in groups, and (5) a lecture on the characteristics of wind turbines, disadvantages of renewable energy, and the energy mix of power sources. According to the questionnaire-based survey, more than 90% of the participants enjoyed designing and making the wind turbines, conducting experiments, analyzing the experimental data, and were motivated to continue to create more efficient wind turbines. However, the percentage of participants who were satisfied with the experimental results and their own presentations was less than 80%, and 60% felt that there is a possibility that the issue pertaining to energy and the environment can be solved. According to the results of the structural equation modeling, participants who were satisfied with the experimental results of the power generated by the wind turbines that they had created were inspired by the successful results of other groups. Additionally, these participants felt that the issues pertaining to energy and the environment can be solved. We conclude that to foster hope for the future in children through inquiry-based learning, it is necessary to give them sufficient time or set a target to achieve success so that they can satisfy themselves.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123023203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Ogihara, Ruka Haraguchi, H. Miyamoto, T. Handa, Misae Itou
{"title":"Development and Trial of a Marine Education Program with an Emphasis on Earth Sciences - Class practice incorporating seabed topography and sea-level change","authors":"A. Ogihara, Ruka Haraguchi, H. Miyamoto, T. Handa, Misae Itou","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.29.1_12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.29.1_12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133235434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Connection with nature (CWN) is a promising research focus in environmental education. Previous research has repeatedly indicated that CWN was an important predictor of proenvironmental behaviors. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to understand the difference of Taiwanese and Japanese undergraduates’ CWN and most importantly to compare the predictive power of CWN and the new ecological paradigm (NEP) in terms of explaining the intention of environmental behaviors (IEB) in both countries. This survey adopted one Taiwanese CWN scale to avoid possible measurement bias caused by eastern-western cultural contexts. A total of 302 undergraduates participated in this survey: 178 students were from 3 Taiwanese universities, and 124 were from 2 Japanese universities. The independent sample t-test showed that Taiwanese undergraduates significantly performed more actively in CWN, NEP, and IEB than Japanese undergraduates. The overall findings of multiple regression analysis indicated that CWN was a more powerful predictor than the NEP to predict the IEBs in both countries, and the regression coefficient of CWN in Taiwan was higher than in Japan. Although the NEP can significantly predict some IEB constructs in Taiwan, it was not a significant predictor in Japan. Based on those findings, this research also proposed possible directions for future research.
与自然的联系(Connection with nature, CWN)是环境教育中一个很有前途的研究热点。以往的研究多次表明，CWN是亲环境行为的重要预测因子。因此，本研究的目的在于了解台湾与日本大学生CWN的差异，最重要的是比较CWN与新生态范式(NEP)在解释两国环境行为意向(IEB)方面的预测能力。本调查采用一份台湾CWN量表，以避免东西方文化背景可能造成的测量偏差。本次调查共有302名本科生参与，其中178名来自台湾3所大学，124名来自日本2所大学。独立样本t检验结果显示，台湾大学生在CWN、NEP和IEB上的表现显著高于日本大学生。多元回归分析结果显示，CWN比NEP更能预测两国的经济发展，且台湾的CWN回归系数高于日本。虽然NEP在台湾可以显著预测某些IEB构念，但在日本没有显著预测。在此基础上，本研究还提出了未来研究的可能方向。
{"title":"Comparing Undergraduates' Connection with Nature and New Ecological Paradigm in Relation to Intention of Environmental Behaviors in Taiwan and Japan","authors":"Yu–Chi Tseng, R. Sakurai, Kimiharu To","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.31.2_38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.31.2_38","url":null,"abstract":"Connection with nature (CWN) is a promising research focus in environmental education. Previous research has repeatedly indicated that CWN was an important predictor of proenvironmental behaviors. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to understand the difference of Taiwanese and Japanese undergraduates’ CWN and most importantly to compare the predictive power of CWN and the new ecological paradigm (NEP) in terms of explaining the intention of environmental behaviors (IEB) in both countries. This survey adopted one Taiwanese CWN scale to avoid possible measurement bias caused by eastern-western cultural contexts. A total of 302 undergraduates participated in this survey: 178 students were from 3 Taiwanese universities, and 124 were from 2 Japanese universities. The independent sample t-test showed that Taiwanese undergraduates significantly performed more actively in CWN, NEP, and IEB than Japanese undergraduates. The overall findings of multiple regression analysis indicated that CWN was a more powerful predictor than the NEP to predict the IEBs in both countries, and the regression coefficient of CWN in Taiwan was higher than in Japan. Although the NEP can significantly predict some IEB constructs in Taiwan, it was not a significant predictor in Japan. Based on those findings, this research also proposed possible directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114751518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hiroyuki Miyake, M. Ota, Hideaki Noi, Fumitoshi Murae, Junko Oshima
{"title":"(1) Overall Summary of the Meeting","authors":"Hiroyuki Miyake, M. Ota, Hideaki Noi, Fumitoshi Murae, Junko Oshima","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.31.4_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.31.4_3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123132550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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