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The Effects and Continuance of Environmental Education Based on Experience: Toward School and Family C

Kayoko KONDO and Han YOUNGJIN （Kyushu University）

Abstract:
Environmental education based on children’s experiences in nature has been suggested as a way to generate environmentally conscious behavior and action toward a sustainable society. However, such education has been criticized regarding the significance of experiences with nature. Through an analysis of questionnaire surveys administered to elementary school children, the activity of composting was confirmed as a useful educational tool for both cultivating children's feelings of being with nature and improving their behavior toward the environment. However, it also became apparent that the effects of such a transient program do not continue as time passes, that is, parent-child communication and daily cooperative activities for improving the environment do not become a part of the general lives of children and their families. Therefore, school environmental education programs should have both natural experiences and practical environmental activities, and, further, they should not be transient but continuous, or daily, and should involve parents in environmental educational activities, creating collaboration between the school and home.

Key Word:
daily experiences, nature experiences, composting, parent-child communication

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