The comparative study about the formation process of the attitudes toward nature and forestry in Germany and Japan.

本研究掌握了德国和日本两国人民对自然和林业的态度形成过程的差异。本研究是为了了解日本森林教育的现状而进行的。调查主要采用学生问卷法进行。此外，还对市民进行了采访。此外，我们还从森林教育者或环境教育者那里了解到教育内容。我们历时四年的调查结果如下。对德国儿童的问卷调查显示，森林意识在10岁左右发生了变化。同时，我们发现城市儿童和农村儿童对森林和林业的态度存在一定的差异。当德国孩子在户外玩耍时，在野外有各种各样的游戏项目和材料，他们从小就在森林或自然田野中积累了丰富的经验。这是日本孩子的一个不同之处。在林业委员会或森林教育机构进行的访谈调查中，赞助儿童接触自然和森林管理员的机会。儿童在该地区接受了适当的森林教育。当生活在德国大型城市和中等规模城市的公民进行比较时，森林用户的意识几乎没有差异。他们对林业和林业工作制度都有丰富的知识和积极的认识。总的来说，在这些调查中，德国人对自然和林业的态度与日本人有许多共同的特点。在建立日本森林教育制度的过程中，我们发现德国森林教育的执行机构和制度有许多值得研究的地方。

This research grasps about the difference of the formation process of the people's attitudes toward nature and forestry in Germany and Japan. This research was done for the purpose of considering the state of the forest education of Japan. Investigation was conducted mainly by the student's questionnaire method. Moreover, an interview to citizens was also held. Furthermore, we have grasped about educational contents from the forest educator or the environmental education person. Our results of an investigation for four years are as follows.The questionnaire to children in Germany showed that the consciousness to forest changed at the age of around ten. And, we found that there are some difference between the urban children and the rural children by the attitudes toward forest and forestry. When German children plays outside, there are variety playing programs and materials in the field, and they had take much experience in the forest or natural fields from a child's time. This is one of the different point with Japanese children.In the interview investigation conducted in Forestry Commission or forest educational establishment, the opportunity for children to touch with nature and a forester was sponsored. And, children had received suitable forest education in the area.When the citizen who lives in the large-scale city in Germany and a middle-scale city was compared, there was almost no difference in a forest user's consciousness. Both had many knowledge and an positive understanding to the forestry and forest working system.Over all in theses investigation, the German people's attitudes toward nature and forestry had many common features with Japanese people. For establishing Japanese forest education system, we found that there were many points which should be studied for the enforcement organization and the system of forest education of Germany.