Abstract
This paper explores trends in research on Life Environment Studies, based on the analysis of studies in The Bulletin of Japanese Association for the study of Life Environment Studies and Integrated Study education and The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development.
These studies are classified into the following eight groups: Learning Activity Composition; Children's Growing Awareness of Life Environment; Cooperation with Kindergartens; Nurturing Children's Sense of Life Environment; Curriculum Development; Textbooks and Picture Books; Improvement of teaching Skills; Teacher Training.
Hereafter it is expected that these representative papers on Life Environment Studies will be systematized and elaborated and that later studies will be based on the accumulation and analysis of data reflecting children's ability developed through Life Environment Studies.
