Abstract
Lessons on Satoyama environmental education were held for undergraduate students who are training to be educators. The lessons blend inquiry-based learning through research using ICT tools and experiential learning in a complementary manner. Students learn about the underlying concepts about the environment from a global perspective through inquiry-based learning; experiential learning can encourage students to get involved with the environment at the local level and also develop abilities and skills to conduct classes in environmental education. This paper investigated how the lessons influenced the students in these areas: knowledge of technical terms related to Satoyama environmental education, students’ confidence and desire to engage in environmental education, and how awareness of their own abilities were improved through the lessons. To understand the impact of the lessons quantitatively, survey contents of the subjective awareness etc. were printed on A4 paper medium and were distributed. The medium were collected after filling them during class. The data are analyzed using Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, and cluster analysis. As a result, overall recognition of technical terms increases on post-survey. There is an increase in the mean score for all items on confidence and desire to engage in environmental education. For the awareness on abilities, students feel that their abilities increased overall across all items.
Highlights
The ever-changing and abundant landscape, unique to Satoyama, has provided much to human society
This paper investigated how the lessons influenced the students in these areas: knowledge of technical terms related to Satoyama environmental education, students’ confidence and desire to engage in environmental education, and how awareness of their own abilities were improved through the lessons
There is an increase in the mean score for all items on confidence and desire to engage in environmental education
Summary
The ever-changing and abundant landscape, unique to Satoyama, has provided much to human society. With the changes in society and economy in recent years, it is becoming difficult to maintain and manage Satoyama and Satochi—the mountains and the lands at the interface of nature and human settlement. This was a finding reported in a survey of organizations which promote the preservation of Satoyama. E.g. In collaboration with an elementary school, the students were taught about the origins of Satoyama and the health of the forests within it. In collaboration with an elementary school, the students were taught about the origins of Satoyama and the health of the forests within it They made continuous observations of the forest and spent time immersing in the forest environment.
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