地理教育における野外調査の実態とその再構築への提言

Abstract

Originally geography is a field study, and fieldwork is the thing of primary importance for geographical education. Therefore implementation of fieldwork in geography class is strongly requested by a Course of Study for elementary, junior high and high school.However fieldwork is not actively implemented during each school education. Although fieldwork is implemented for third and forth year students in elementary school's social study, most of them fail to arouse student's geographical interest due to lack of teacher's ability.In junior high and high school, fieldwork is rarely implemented. The similar situation is also found at the faculty of education, which cause the fact that there are few new graduates who are able to undertake the implementation of fieldwork.The present writer has continued fieldwork at the social/geography class in elementary, junior high and high school. The writer has also implemented fieldwork for all the student in a faculty of education of training elementary school teacher and the students who has a teacher's license of social studies in a faculty of education of training junior high school teacher at teachers college or university. All students participated in fieldwork highly appreciated it. Effectiveness of fieldwork for geographical education is fully proved from this point.It could be suggested from the writer's activities that following two points are important for the encouragement of fieldwork at the actively engaged geographical education. The first point is a training of teachers who are able to implement geographical fieldwork. The second point is an enforcement of practically effective measures of educational administration for which facilitate an implementation of fieldwork at the class.