Study on Systematization of Environmental Education/Learning and Curriculum in school in Germany and U.S. ; With Use of Environmental Learning Resource in Partnership with Region

该项目在学校环境教育伙伴关系系统化方面获得了新的解释和发现，特别是在德国、美国、英国、新西兰、澳大利亚和日本，学校环境教育伙伴关系的地区、立场、课程和体系。本研究探讨了以下内容：1.基于“可持续”理念的德国学校环境教育的发展过程和实践；2.日本和德国教师对“环境教育”概念的理解差异；3.日本和德国高中生对“环境”概念的理解差异；4.以可持续发展教育为目标的美国和英国环境教育的发展过程和实践。(1)分析了美国项目学习树作为环境教育项目的课程结构。(2)考察了科学馆和动物园在环境教育中的作用。(3)在生物课堂中引入“深层生态学”概念的环境教育进行了规划和论证。(4)分析了新西兰、澳大利亚和日本地区在学校开展环境教育的案例。(5)开发和评估了日本的高中可持续发展教育项目。

The project obtains new interpretations and findings about systematization of partnership of environmental education in school with region, stand, curricula and systems of environmental education in school, in particular, in Germany, U.S., U.K., New Zealand, Australia, and Japan. This project probes the followings.1.Developmental process and practice of Environmental education in German school that is based on concept : "Sustainability",2.The differences between understandings of concept : "environmental education" by teacher in Japan and in Germany.3.The differences between understandings of concept : "environment" by high school student in Japan and in Germany.4.Developmental process and practice of environmental education in U.S., and U.K., that aims at Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).The other outcomes are as follows ;(1)Structure of curriculum of Project Learning Tree as an environmental education program in U.S.was analyzed.(2)Role of science museum and zoo in environmental education was investigated.(3)Environmental education, in which concept of "deep ecology" was introduced, in biology classroom was planed and proved.(4)Some cases of partnership of environmental education in school with region in New Zealand, Australia, and Japan were analyzed.(5)An ESD-program for high school in Japan was developed and evaluated.