Study on Systematization of Environmental Education in School in Germany and U.S.

本项目对日本、美国和德国的学校，特别是高中的环境教育课程和体系进行了新的解读和发现，具体如下：1. 2000年德国学校的环境教育将以1992年里约国际会议通过的“可持续发展”概念为基础。目前德国中小学环境教育的实践还不足以成为理想的环境教育类型.日本和德国高中生对“环境”概念的理解存在差异.其他的解读和发现如下：（1）加州高中环境教育课程体系。(2)日本高中物理教育中的能量教育课程体系。(3)在生物课堂教学中引入“深层生态学”的概念，进行环境教育的规划和实践。(4)科技馆能源教育系统。

The project obtains new interpretations and findings about curricula and systems of environmental education in school, in particular, high school in Japan, U.S. and Germany as follows.1. Environmental education in german school in the 2000's will be based on concept: "Sustainable Development", which was resolved in Rio-international Conference in 1992.2. Present practice of environmental education in german elementary and secondary schools is not enough to be ideal type of environmental education.3. There are the difference between understandings of concept: "environment" by high school student in Japan and in Germany.4. The other interpretations and findings are as follows;(1) System of curriculum of environmental education of high schools in California.(2) System of energy education curriculum in physics education of high school in Japan.(3) Environmental education, in which concept of "deep ecology" was introduced, in biology classroom was planed and proved.(4) System of energy education in science museum.