里山における子ども時代の自然体験と動植物の認識

Abstract

The purpose of this study is showing relationship between the recognition of plants and animals and experiences in the nature. In this study, the recognition is regarded as the recollection in the childhood and the experiences is regarded as play and lifestyle in their childhood. First, the natural and social environments of Satoyama (including of forests, grasslands, ponds and streams) were gotten hold. As a result, the environment s were divided into times 3 types by playing spaces respond to the change of the times. Next, the kinds of plays in Satoyama and using plants and animals were cleared by the way that children asked their parents and grandparents about their childhood. The characters of the plays are catching animals, picking plants and gathering mushrooms and nuts, and that the character of the using is eating these. Finally, the results of examination of the relationship between recognition with experience are as follows. The recognition of insects are connected with catching and hearing chip, the recognition of birds are connected with catching, hearing chip and seeing, the recognition of small animals are connected with seeing, the recognition of plants are connected with picking, eating and seeing beautiful flowers.