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。
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To understand the level of Entomophobia in nursery teachers, we undertook a questionnaire survey of nursery teachers, students taking a nursery teacher-training course, and ordinary women. Results indicated that nursery teachers tend to like arthropods and can look at photographs and illustrations of them more comfortably when compared to the students and ordinary women. An age-based analysis showed that nursery teachers in their 20s– 50s were able to view photographs and illustrations of arthropods with less resistance than students and ordinary women of the same generation. There was no significant difference between participants in the 20–40 age range, but nursery teachers in their 50s showed greater preference to arthropods than university students and ordinary women. As the degree of preference for arthropods had a stronger influence on their confidence in arthropod-related childcare rather than the degree to which they could look at arthropods, it is necessary to develop training to encourage nursery teachers to like arthropods through experiences of seeing, touching, collecting and rearing such creatures.
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Shiga Prefecture is sometimes described as having advanced environmental education. However, the details of environmental education at primary and lower secondary schools in Shiga Prefecture have not been investigated. In this study, the authors investigate the status of environmental education at primary and lower secondary schools in Shiga Prefecture, and attempt to clarify issues for consideration through comparison with national surveys. No remarkable issues were identified for primary schools. With regard to lower secondary schools, issues were discovered in the implementation of teacher training regarding environmental education in schools, as well as teachers’ degree of interest in environmental education and the implementation rate of such education.
{"title":"Issues to Consider in Fostering Primary and Lower Secondary Schools' Environmental Education in Shiga Prefecture : Comparative Analysis of National Surveys","authors":"S. Ichikawa, K. Takeda","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.30.1_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.30.1_3","url":null,"abstract":"Shiga Prefecture is sometimes described as having advanced environmental education. However, the details of environmental education at primary and lower secondary schools in Shiga Prefecture have not been investigated. In this study, the authors investigate the status of environmental education at primary and lower secondary schools in Shiga Prefecture, and attempt to clarify issues for consideration through comparison with national surveys. No remarkable issues were identified for primary schools. With regard to lower secondary schools, issues were discovered in the implementation of teacher training regarding environmental education in schools, as well as teachers’ degree of interest in environmental education and the implementation rate of such education.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"39 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":"123784835","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}
Kazunobu Suzuki*, Nobuyuki Tsuji**, Awangku Hassanal Bahar Pengiran Bagul***, Kueh Boon-Hee**** Japan International Cooperation Agency*, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah**, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah***, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation / EcoCampus Management Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sabah**** Accepted on May 27, 2019
{"title":"Environmental Education for Nature Conservation: Trends and Challenges in International Cooperation and Aid Assistance.","authors":"Kazunobu Suzuki, N. Tsuji, Awangku Hassanal Bahar Pengiran Bagul, Kueh Boon-Hee","doi":"10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_52","url":null,"abstract":"Kazunobu Suzuki*, Nobuyuki Tsuji**, Awangku Hassanal Bahar Pengiran Bagul***, Kueh Boon-Hee**** Japan International Cooperation Agency*, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah**, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah***, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation / EcoCampus Management Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sabah**** Accepted on May 27, 2019","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":"128678942","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}
K. To, Tzuchau Chang, Chankook Kim, Sun-Kyung Lee, R. Sakurai, Sachi Ninomiya-Lim, N. Hata, Junko Katayama, S. Furihata
Taking into account of the both significant growth of higher education in Asia and the infiltration of cosmopolitan viewpoints in environmental education research, our team designed and conducted pilot survey amongst EE researchers of Japan, Korea and Taiwan (n=51) concerning: self-evaluation; methodology; training; themes; education sector levels and interests in and barriers against international collaboration. This paper shares notable trends revealed through the pilot survey and discuss the significance of these in relation to our future, full-scale survey. Toward conducting a larger-scale survey, two aspects should be stressed. First, use of native language is essential to securing greater participants. This would improve the accuracy of meaning sometimes lost through translation and increase the efficiency of completion. More survey participants would enable us to conduct cross-national comparisons, which this study could not. Second, the support from the participating academic societies is crucial not only for executing a full-scale survey but also facilitating opportunities for increasing research skills and capacities international collaboration.
{"title":"International Collaborative Research Possibilities for Environmental Education in Asia","authors":"K. To, Tzuchau Chang, Chankook Kim, Sun-Kyung Lee, R. Sakurai, Sachi Ninomiya-Lim, N. Hata, Junko Katayama, S. Furihata","doi":"10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_77","url":null,"abstract":"Taking into account of the both significant growth of higher education in Asia and the infiltration of cosmopolitan viewpoints in environmental education research, our team designed and conducted pilot survey amongst EE researchers of Japan, Korea and Taiwan (n=51) concerning: self-evaluation; methodology; training; themes; education sector levels and interests in and barriers against international collaboration. This paper shares notable trends revealed through the pilot survey and discuss the significance of these in relation to our future, full-scale survey. Toward conducting a larger-scale survey, two aspects should be stressed. First, use of native language is essential to securing greater participants. This would improve the accuracy of meaning sometimes lost through translation and increase the efficiency of completion. More survey participants would enable us to conduct cross-national comparisons, which this study could not. Second, the support from the participating academic societies is crucial not only for executing a full-scale survey but also facilitating opportunities for increasing research skills and capacities international collaboration.","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":"129020162","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}
我国于2003年制定了《环境教育推进法》，使环境教育成为国家政策中的重要因素。作为环境教育相关人员(研究者、实务人员等)聚集的平台，日本环境教育学会成立于1990年，在该学会刊物上积累了有关环境教育实践和研究的成果。环境教育的实践场所也有正式、非正式、信息教育等多种多样，环境教育项目的数量扩大的同时，对这些项目进行修改和改善，提高质量。也被要求了(地球环境战略研究机构2001)。评估环境教育对参与者和地区所带来的影响，以改善计划和向捐赠者报告，以及了解对教育日志的需求，变得越来越重要(全球环境战略研究机构2001)。在国外，有关于环境教育项目评价的教科书和评价研究评论(Ernst et al. 2009,Stevenson et al. 2013);发表了关于该方法的总结(Rossi et al. 2004)。另一方面，在我国，虽然对环境教育项目的效果进行了测定，但是对评价研究进行了回顾，并系统地提出了评价的存在方式和指针。国境战略研究机构(2001)的事例在某种程度上是有限的。研究论文环境教育项目的评价内部评价和外部评价并用的可能性-以清里会议相关的实务者和研究者的协作事例为基础-
{"title":"Potential of Utilizing Both Internal and External Evaluations in Environmental Education Program Evaluation","authors":"R. Sakurai, Hikaru Kamogawa, T. Kawashima, Kazuhiko W. Nakamura","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.29.3_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.29.3_21","url":null,"abstract":"我が国では、「環境の保全のための意欲の増進及び環境 教育の推進に関する法律(環境教育推進法)」が2003年に 制定され、環境教育が国の施策の中でも重要な要素と位置 づけられるようになった。環境教育関係者(研究者、実務 者など)が集うプラットフォームとしては、日本環境教育 学会が1990年に設立されており、同学会誌において環境 教育の実践や研究に関する成果が蓄積されている。環境教 育の実践の場も、フォーマル、ノンフォーマル、インフォー マル教育と多様になり、環境教育プログラムの量的拡大と ともに、それらのプログラムの見直しや改善など質的向上 も求められるようになってきた(地球環境戦略研究機関 2001)。プログラムの改善や資金提供者への報告、更にプ ログラムに対するニーズの把握などのために、環境教育が 参加者や地域にもたらす効果を評価することが重要になっ てきている(地球環境戦略研究機関 2001)。海外では、環 境教育プログラムの評価に関する教科書や評価研究のレ ビュー(Ernst et al. 2009,Stevenson et al. 2013)、また、 その手法についてまとめたものが発表されている(Rossi et al. 2004)。一方、わが国では、環境教育プログラムの効果 は測定されているものの、評価研究をレビューし、評価の 在り方や指針について体系的に示したものとしては地球環 境戦略研究機関(2001)の事例がある程度で限られている。 研究論文 環境教育プログラムの評価における 内部評価と外部評価の併用の可能性 -清里ミーティングに関する実務者と研究者との協働事例をもとに-","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"222 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":"127686148","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}
Japan and Korea have been highly dependent on nuclear energy for their electricity supplies, considering nuclear energy as a significant way to overcome energy shortage. However, the disaster that struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011 has significantly changed public attitudes toward nuclear energy and reignited domestic policy debates on the future of nuclear energy. In this study, focusing on how the societal changes in energy/ environmental policies are reflected in national curricula, the authors from Japan and Korea reviewed the ways of including nuclear issues in K-12 national curricula and recent changes found in Japan and Korea. The appearance of nuclear-related keywords in national curricula as well as the characteristics of coverage was investigated. Based upon the results, characteristics of and implications for nuclear education in Japan and Korea are discussed. To foster citizens who make decisions for their energy future through environmental education or energy education, it is required to consider how the public discourses on nuclear energy are incorporated into the national curricula.
{"title":"The Issue of Nuclear Energy in K-12 Education: Cases of National Curriculum in Japan and Korea","authors":"Chankook Kim, Shinobu Goto","doi":"10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_68","url":null,"abstract":"Japan and Korea have been highly dependent on nuclear energy for their electricity supplies, considering nuclear energy as a significant way to overcome energy shortage. However, the disaster that struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011 has significantly changed public attitudes toward nuclear energy and reignited domestic policy debates on the future of nuclear energy. In this study, focusing on how the societal changes in energy/ environmental policies are reflected in national curricula, the authors from Japan and Korea reviewed the ways of including nuclear issues in K-12 national curricula and recent changes found in Japan and Korea. The appearance of nuclear-related keywords in national curricula as well as the characteristics of coverage was investigated. Based upon the results, characteristics of and implications for nuclear education in Japan and Korea are discussed. To foster citizens who make decisions for their energy future through environmental education or energy education, it is required to consider how the public discourses on nuclear energy are incorporated into the national curricula.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"2 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":"121239471","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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