{"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":"23 1","pages":"0"},"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":"1 1","pages":"0"},"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":"64 1","pages":"0"},"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":"8 1","pages":"0"},"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":"97 1","pages":"0"},"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":"9 1","pages":"0"},"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}
Until now, ecotourism has been discussed as environmental education and community-based learning, but most of that learning was aimed at visitors. The purpose of this study is to discuss ecotourism as learning for residents. As a case study site, the author investigated Higashi Village, Okinawa Prefecture, which has been promoting ecotourism for many years. The author therefore considered how inhabitant learning includes informal learning. The case has characteristics that also accompany industrial development, and it has become clear that deeper learning will continue and develop for a wide range of residents as an ESD for community development through ecotourism.
{"title":"Residents' Initiative Formation for Community Development in Ecotourism","authors":"Tomoyo Nakazawa","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.31.1_13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.31.1_13","url":null,"abstract":"Until now, ecotourism has been discussed as environmental education and community-based learning, but most of that learning was aimed at visitors. The purpose of this study is to discuss ecotourism as learning for residents. As a case study site, the author investigated Higashi Village, Okinawa Prefecture, which has been promoting ecotourism for many years. The author therefore considered how inhabitant learning includes informal learning. The case has characteristics that also accompany industrial development, and it has become clear that deeper learning will continue and develop for a wide range of residents as an ESD for community development through ecotourism.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132236273","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":"Wildlife Management in Elementary and Middle School Textbooks","authors":"Mitsuhiko A. Takahashi, Hiroki Ohtaku, Toru Doi","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.31.4_48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.31.4_48","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"207 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116862754","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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