Abstract
Japan is a country whose people have a high awareness of the importance of environmental preservation. The environment in Japan can be maintained well not apart from the cooperation between the government and the community together to preserve and protect the surrounding environment. One of the keys to Japan's success in protecting the environment is the consistent and dynamic implementation of environmental education since elementary school age. Environmental education in primary schools in Japan is taught directly through experiments and direct observation in the surrounding environment. Environmental education in primary schools in Japan is associated with several subjects, one of which is the subject of Natural Sciences (rika) and Social Sciences (shakai). Environmental education is also taught through integrated study activities (sougotekina gakushu), through efforts to maintain cleanliness together, through assignments during the summer holidays. The model of environmental education is implemented consistently and with full awareness by elementary school managers in Japan and their students so as to produce students who have a high awareness of the importance of protecting the environment.
Highlights
Environmental education is very important nowadays along with the decreasing public awareness of the importance of the environment to ensure the sustainability of human life in this world
The purpose of this study is to find out more about the environmental education model implemented in elementary schools in Japan in the hope that it can become an example of the environmental education model in Indonesia
The book states that the purpose of environmental education is to have an awareness of the environment, to understand human responsibilities and their role in the environment, and to develop attitudes to participate in environmental preservation, and the ability to solve environmental problems
Summary
Environmental education is very important nowadays along with the decreasing public awareness of the importance of the environment to ensure the sustainability of human life in this world. The environmental damage that occurs everywhere is one example due to the lack of public awareness of the environment. Pratomo in his book explained that environmental education is an educational program to foster children or students to have a rational understanding, awareness, attitude, and behavior about the mutual influence between the population and the environment in various aspects of human life [1]. Environmental education is important to educate people about the environment but it is part of investing in the future [2]. Environmental education aims to make people aware of the environment. Environmental awareness is defined as it is expected to be able to build the character of humans who love their environment
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