Effects of Rural Working Experience and the Terms for Young Generationn on Their Environmental Recognition, Landscape Image and Sense of Solidarity

在福冈县的农村山区，2002年和2003年分别对日本九州18-25岁的青少年和高中生进行了问卷调查。“一天晚上。“两天两夜”和“两天两夜”。此外，每门课程分为两个小组，“瘦只组”和“多工作组”，其中。通过在项目前后进行的问卷调查，可以确认，无论年龄、停留时间和项目内容，几乎所有成员都对体验了林业工作感到满意，并对景观设计有了更好的理解。但有一个显著的趋势是，随着时间的延长，他们对体验林业工作的兴趣也越来越大，可以说，青少年通过体验林业工作和接触当地人，培养了参与感和对农村环境的意识。如何将这些项目应用到高等教育中，如何构建支持体系和与非政府组织的伙伴关系，是一个亟待解决的课题。此外。还需要进行另一项研究，探讨将这些方案应用于初中生和小学生的可能性。

In rural mountain area of Fukuoka Pref., Kyushu, Japan, we have examined 18-25 year-old youngsters in 2002 and high school students in 2003, under arranged three courses which differed in the term and participators, such as "one clay course". "one night. and two days course" and "two nights and three days course". Further, each course was divided into two groups, "thinning-only-group" and "multiple-work-group" which. was a combination of thinning, rice harvesting and wooden footstep making.As we conducted questionnaire surveys before and after the work, it can confirm that nearly all members were satisfied in having experienced the forestry work and had better understanding of landscape architecture, regardless of the age, the length of the stay and the contents of the program. But there is a remarkable tendency that as they stay longer, the more they became interested in experience the forestry work.We can conclude that the youngsters develop a sense of participation and awareness toward rural environment by experiencing forestry work and coming in contact with the local people. A task to be solved is that how to apply these programs into higher education, and to construct the support system and partnership with NGO groups. Furthermore. another study would be needed regarding the possibility of applying these programs into junior high school students and elementary pupils.