2015 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 1_82-95
Based on analysis of the articles published in the Japanese Journal of Environmental Education since its launch in 1991, this article illustrates the characteristics and challenges of environmental education research in Japan, with reference to the role of Kogai education research, one of the two pillars of the history of environmental education in Japan. This article finds that the Journal is skewed against Kogai education, non-positivist methodologies and qualitative methods. It is also argued that these issues are related to each other, and that drawing on past and present Kogai education research is significant for the sound development of environmental education research in Japan.
