高校地理教育における野外調査の実施形態とその衰退機構 愛媛県公立高校の事例

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify how field work is implemented in geographical education and also to clear up a factor which prescribe its popularity and decay. The study. was made by collecting a frame work paper on field work which be reserved in each high school, and at the same time by sending out questionnaire to and interview with high school teachers when the author analyzed a collected materials, following points appeared to be obvious.In high school geographical education in Ehime, field work was popular around 1968 to 1975, in fact, the rate of doing field work was 37% in 1970. In those days, field work was done taking form such as out-door observation near school, suberb excursion by bus or joint excursion with geographical and geological classes. However, from 1975 or so excursion has declined rapidly and the rate of doing field work is only 4% in 1990.As the cause of decline of field work, the author could mention some points: according to the revised curriculum geography has become an elective subject from a compulsly subject (1); having too many things for teachers and students to do because of too many schedules for the school and intensified guidance for entering university and school discipline (2); deterioration of traffic situation on account of progrss of motorization (3); problems which exist in a organization for geographcal teachers (4); decreasing interest in learning of students (5); and so on.The author believes that for promoting and activating a fireld work in geographical education, above these points should be improved.