80年代後半以降のアメリカの初等・中等教育に見られる環境リテラシー研究 : 知識領域を中心として

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This paper examines the content of environmental literacy in elementary and secondary education in the United States of America with a focus on knowledge stands. An examination of the advanced-level framework or curriculum guides in environmental education shows that we can classify know ledge into eight domains, namely; knowledge of biology, geology and meteorology, energy, natural resources, relation between man and nature, relation between environment and pokitics, environmental problems, and relation between culture, values and nature. These areas of knowledge have great variety, with an emphasis on ethics. We conclude with a discussion of multiculturalism in environmental education and look at approaches to integrating environmental education into elementary and secondary education.