{"title":"Comparative Study of National Parks in East Asia as Environmental Education Institutions","authors":"Y. Ishiyama, Y. Hsu, Suejung Jung, Sun-Kyung Lee","doi":"10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_13","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to propose the characteristics of environmental education in national parks in East Asia by clarifying commonalities and differences in environmental education in the national parks of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. We compared these characteristics from the perspective of nature administration within the national parks and collaborative management with residents, which is a requirement of the parks in East Asia. First, we confirmed that national park administrations in the three countries are engaged in activities geared toward collaborative management that harmonizes environmental conservation and the local economies. Second, we examined the promotion of environmental education and confirmed that the roles of the national park administrations in the three countries differ in matters concerning environmental education. Third, we examined the structure of environmental education and confirmed that in all three countries, the residents of the national parks are essential stakeholders in the management of park areas for which environmental education had been developed. In summary, we found that although the roles of the national park administrations differ in the three countries, they share the common goal of promoting collaborative national park management and are developing a collaborative environmental education approach.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122130233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Environmental Education (Tokyo):","authors":"E. Harako","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.28.3_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.28.3_3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132042643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consideration about the Overall Picture of 2030 Agenda","authors":"T. Ogushi","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.29.2_38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.29.2_38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128960763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness of Environmental Education in Universities on the Theme of Satoyama and Facilitating Factors","authors":"Tuyoshi Kouno","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.29.3_32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.29.3_32","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134355153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Basic policy for environmental learning and its process of formulation in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture","authors":"A. Hiyane","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.31.1_92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.31.1_92","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114299641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancing Environmental Education Research from Asia: Why Asia?","authors":"R. Sakurai, S. Furihata","doi":"10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/JSOEE.28.4_85","url":null,"abstract":"I. Meaning of conducting international collaborative research The original purpose of publishing this special electronic issue “Environmental Education in Asia” of the “Japanese Journal of Environmental Education” (JJEE-EEA) was to establish a common platform for joint research on the development of environmental education (EE) in Asia and to foster international collaboration. The previous special issue of JJEE-EEA, published in 2016, included review papers in three themes: EE in Formal Education, EE in Non-formal Education, and Research Trends in EE. Researchers from Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea each provided examples from their respective countries. That special issue was composed and published, in part, due to the collaborative relations EE associations in these countries have. As such, the main goal, and the achievement, of JJEE-EEA 2016 was to share EE efforts across countries. Unlike the defined limited scope of JJEE-EEA 2016, for this consecutive issue, we encouraged researchers to propose and conduct international collaborative research under the general theme of EE in Asia, and we sought to cover diverse issues and topics of EE. The papers in this special issue detail international collaborative research including that focused on a specific species (oriental white stork), a specific area (a national park), a specific issue (nuclear energy), and a legal issue. We were pleasantly surprised to have such a variety of EE topics proposed to accept for this issue. While the previous issue (JJEE-EEA2016) succeeded in sharing general EE contexts from different Asian countries, this issue (JJEE-EEA 2019) succeeds in exploring and demonstrating issue-specific international collaborative research in the EE context in Asia. Each of the ten papers in this special issue show findings that could only have been discovered through international collaborative research, indicating the importance of adopting international perspectives instead of focusing on specific situations only in a single country or region. Collaborative research is challenging due to different cultures and languages. A researcher needs to get out of his or her comfort zone to engage in such a difficult task. While behind each paper authors faced challenges in designing and implementing international collaborative research, it is worth engaging in. As the world becomes more globalized and environmental problems become more critical in determining our continued existence on the planet Earth, initiatives such as Sustainable Development Goals become urgent. These goals cannot be solved without international collaboration, and to make collaborate efforts effective and meaningful, differences and similarities between countries should be examined. The papers in this issue are focused on this task. Uncovering these differences and similarities will ultimately inform developing solutions that cross national boundaries for issues raised in the case studies.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122730752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ESD Practice in Junior High School Social Studies Geography Field","authors":"Yuji Watanabe","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.28.3_64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.28.3_64","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129282479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Hata, J. Kondo, David Allen, J. Singer, S. Furihata
{"title":"The Role of Place-Based Education in Strengthening Community Resilience against Climate Change","authors":"N. Hata, J. Kondo, David Allen, J. Singer, S. Furihata","doi":"10.5647/jsoee.31.2_14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5647/jsoee.31.2_14","url":null,"abstract":"Developing and establishing learning among community members can be identified as PlaceBased Education (PBE), a pro-sustainable educational approach defined as the process of using the local community and environment as the pedagogy for developing commitment to local places and local stakeholders (Sobel, 2004). This study focuses on efforts by residents to promote Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) as a case study and it contributes to the discussion on the role of PBE in strengthening community resilience. The case study site, Neshinden District in Nakazuma-cho, Joso City, is a low-lying area that stretches along the left bank of the Kinugawa River that is the site of many houses flooded above floor level during a 2015 flood. In April 2018, the Neshinden neighborhood association formed a voluntary disaster-prevention organization to foster a more disaster-resilient town. Although we found a need for further activities, such as passing on the memories of disasters and making residents more aware of the vulnerability of the residential areas, this relatively new neighborhood successfully nurtured spontaneous risk communication and learning activities. The experience suggested that the role of resilience education, a type of PBE, is invigorating community resilience with intersectional and intergenerational communication by fostering residents’ interest in DRR.","PeriodicalId":308853,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129644059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}