Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the environmental consciousness of junior high school students who learned about production while working with wood in a technology education course. We prepared a consciousness questionnaire to clarify the level of environmental consciousness of the junior high school students. The questions asked were made using the answers to a precedent study and free description investigation related to woodworking production processes. We examined The validity and reliability of the questions and carried out the investigation with the cooperation of 500 junior high school students who studied the contents of "Techniques about Materials and Processing" in Aichi, Ishikawa and Nagasaki prefectures. Furthermore, we considered whether or not it is possible to suggest a curriculum that promotes environment-conscious behavior. As a result, the following issues were clarified.

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