Abstract
For this study, a questionnaire survey of cooperation between elementary schools and civic groups in environmental education was conducted. Civic groups and teachers of elementary schools in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture were surveyed. The main results of this research are as follows. 1. Teachers rely on informal information, and are not using coordinators enough. 2. Programs are often done during the period for integrated study, but much of the program content concerns science. 3. Meetings are often done before cooperation, but preliminary inspection of fields is not done very much. 4. Learning outcomes are not shared enough. 5. Teachers and civic groups are having difficulty in adjusting time, and civic groups feel difficulty in communication with the teachers. 6. Civic groups keenly hope for communication with the teachers. 7. Teachers and the civic groups often hope for cooperation in the region. 8. Teachers hope for systematic education. The following proposals are given based on the situation described above: 1. It is necessary to promote coordination. 2. It is necessary to expand cooperation to the subjects. It is necessary to increase jointly developed programs. 3. It is necessary to secure time for preparing and evaluating cooperation.
