Application of River Landscape Education in University General Education

Abstract

  Landscape is an important element in environmental studies. There have been already many examples of the landscape education. But there are few examples that examine landscape from historical, biological, and cultural perspectives, proposing the further improvement of landscape.
  We conducted an educational program that examined river landscape closely from these different perspectives, using the idea of river landscape to improve university general education.
  In this practice, we used on-the-spot observation of the river, jigsaw method, and poster session.
  This educational program was effective in acquiring the multipronged view of river landscape and the rise of the concern for river landscape.