RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS IN MIE PREFECTURE AND IN JAPAN

抄録

Recently, various environmental problems such as global warming, depletion of oil resources, problems in waste treatment, etc., have come to be recognized as serious social problems, and measures for solving these problems are urgently required. For the solution of such environmental problems, we would be to construct a recycle-based society in which economic development can coexist with environmental preservation, although realization of such a society is not easy. There aremany problems, which would be to overcome in order to attain the recycle-based society. First, it is essential to raise the consciousness for environment and energy in the whole country. The environmental education for youth at all levels is particularly important. We need to clarify the current state of knowledge, awareness and actions concerning environmental and energy problems in each of the generations before considering the effective methods for environmental education. In this study, a questionnaire survey is carried out students in Mie Prefectureto grasp the present situations of energy and environmental education. The results are compared with the results of nationwide survey and characteristics of environmental and energy education in Mie prefecture are extracted. The differencesof environmental consciousness between generations and between the sexes are also discussed. Through these considerations, we discuss the effective methods thatmay help to improve energy, environmental education.