Our concept of nature environmental education
Nature environmental education (Ecological education) is …
・The lifelong education for protecting (conservation andpreservation) natural environment (ecology).
・The goal is to decrease over-impact against naturalenvironment including biosis and abiosis contents caused byhuman as far as we can with scientific knowledge view and nointension of politics.

【Essential process of Nature environmental education 】
Nature experience activity 【Awareness】 Beautiful ≒ Anger★Beautiful and Anger

NatureExperience activity(1)Awareness of Beautiful→Life style, benefit from nature and so on.
Natue(2)Awareness of Anger
Learning activity→Damaged nature like a overuse problem and so on.

NatureProtection activity※Too much emphasis beautiful awareness・・・
It’s hard to connect the beautiful awareness toprotection activity.

【Essential process of Nature environmental education 】○Nature experience activity 【Awareness】
・・・Beautiful ≒ Anger○Nature learning activity 【Understanding】
・・・Knowledge ≒ Sense○Nature protection activity 【Consideration】
・・・ Scientific view ≒ Non-scientific view

We should provide various nature experienceactivities that it can keep the balance ofbeautiful and angry.
↓local Interpreteranger

beautiful〔Balance of Nature experience activity〕

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Nature learning activity 【Understanding】・・・knowledge≒Sense

Nature protection activity【Consideration】
・・・ Scientific view≒non-scientific view

（１）Knowledge：Learning of skill and information）（２）Sense：Interpretation（Phylosophy, Ethick, Ideology）※ It asks its own life and the present state of society, the cultured
matter and so on.
→ The judgement and the meaning assignment of the learner are a key.＝The refinement of the judgement and the interpretation※Too much emphasis knowledge・・・
It’s hard to connect the knowledge
to protection activity.

（１）Sustainability of Nature environment ： With Scientific view
※ Too much emphasis scientific view・・・
Nature environment will be sustainnable（２）Sustainability of protective action： With non-Scientific view
※ Too much emphasis non-scientific view (emotional argument)・・・
Nature environment will be unsustainnable

Sense

Protection activity will be unsustainable

Knowledge

The natural learning activity keeps a balancewith dimension (knowledge) having to do with
[The balance of learning activity〕
an implement and interpreting dimension (sense)
according to the regional characteristics is important.
↓Local facilitator

Protection activity will be sustainable

The natural learning activity keeps a balancewith the sustainability of nature environment(Scientific view) and protect activity(Non-scientific view) according to theregional characteristics is important.
↓Local Science communicator

Sustainability ofnature protect
activity （nonscientific view）

Sustainability ofnature environment （Scientificview）[The balance of nature protection activity〕

3【The model of Nature environmental education （narrow EE）】

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【The model of Nature environmental education （narrow EE）】

participating

participating
Awareness

Awareness
Nature experient activity

Nature experient activity
Awareness against Beautiful ≒ Awareness against anger

Consideration

Consideration

Understanding

Nature protection activity

Nature learning activity

Scientific view ≒ Non-scientific view

Knowledge≒ Sense

participating

Awareness against Beautiful ≒ Awareness against anger

participating

participating
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withbalanceNature protection activity
Natureproper
learning activity
bycontinuing step-by-step.
Knowledge≒ Sense
Scientific view ≒ Non-scientific view
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【Three category of Our Ecotour guide 】【Three category of Our Ecotour guide 】○Interpreter
Awareness
Interpreter↓The person directlyor experient
indirectly
takes message of themselves
Natureactivity
and nature environment to participants.

Awareness

Interpreter
Nature experient activity

Awareness against Beautiful ≒ Awareness against anger

Consideration

Awareness against Beautiful ≒ Awareness against anger○ Facillitator↓Consideration
Understanding
The person arrange the learning contents
and environment
which they can learn it.

Understanding

Nature protection activity

Nature learning activity

Nature protection activity

Nature learning activity

Scientific view ≒ Non-scientific view

Knowledge≒ Sense○ Science
communicator
Scientificview ≒Non-scientific view

Knowledge≒ Sense

ScienceCommunicator↓The person arrange the balance between scientific view andScience
non-scientificview according to the regional
characteristics.
Facilitator

Facilitator

Communicator

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Our concept of
Human environmental education

8Environment
EconomyHuman environmental education(widen environmental education≒ESD) is …

Society・The Education is learning skills for protecting
their important thing.

NatureEnvironment
SocietyEconomy

This chart is quoted from “http://www.esd-j.org/whatsesd/”

problem①：The problem is not clear how we should think it
relative to Environment and society, economy.
Problem②： Changing of life style are not regarded as important.

・Nature environmental education doesn’t
include all contents but is base on ESD.

We should think that nature environment is based on society
and economy.
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Natural Environmental
Education
Peace E

Gender E

Essenceof ESD

Peace E

Gender E

Human rights EDevelopment E

Malticultual society E○○Education

Welfare E
Develop-ment E

Humanrights E

Malticultualsociety E
Welfare E

Human Environmental Education（widen EE）≒ESD】

EnvironmentalEducation

This chart is quoted from“http://www.esd-j.org/whatsesd/”

Problem：EE can be separated fromEE from ESD?
↓We should think that the base of ESD is
Natural Environment Education (narrow)
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