Journal of the Japanese Forest Society
Online ISSN : 1882-398X
Print ISSN : 1349-8509
ISSN-L : 1349-8509
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The Present Situation of Forest and Forestry Education in Japanese High Schools Analysis Based on a Questionnaire by the Forestry Agency in 2014
Mariko InoueYasuhiko Oishi
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2016 Volume 98 Issue 6 Pages 255-264

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Forests and forestry education has attracted attention regarding how to consider human resources training. We analyzed forest and forestry education in high schools from the viewpoint of human resources training about the present situation based on a questionnaire by the Forestry Agency. The questionnaire was conducted by asking forestry-related schools, and the response rate was 100%. The number of schools was 72, the number of students was 4,978 (0.15% of all high school students), of which 20% were female. There were 267 forestry-related teachers, but only 42% of them graduated from forestry courses. There were experimental forests in 70 schools, and 64 schools used for education. The educational subject of "Forest science" and "Usage of Forest Products" were taught in about 90% of these schools, and "Forest Management" was taught in about 60% of them. Those three subjects were taught in 42 schools, and in 13 schools one subject was taught mainly as optional subjects. Fifteen percents of graduates of these schools took a forestry-related job or went to forestry-related higher education in an average from 2011 to 2013: 195 students took jobs, 75 students went to higher schools. These results showed that forest and forestry education was diversified. There were three problems: contents to be matched with educational purposes, coordination with forestry-related educational organizations, and teacher's training.

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