「生物基礎」の生態分野における環境倫理の視点導入の実践的検討―ディープ・エコロジーの中心概念の獲得を中心として―

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In this study, we developed an environmental ethics education program to introduce the idea of environmental ethics into the field of ecology in “basic biology” taught in high schools, with an emphasis on the perspective of deep ecology. During the trial introduction of the program, we observed students’ responses and changes in awareness toward environmental ethics and examined the increase in students’ awareness of the importance of ecological conservation and environmental ethics through the provision of education on biology carried out through the perspective of deep ecology. Three findings were obtained from the trial introduction of the program: (1) In the field of ecology in high school “basic biology,” the fieldwork “vegetation survey of herbs in the school yard,” along with the deep-ecology work “experiences of identification with familiar nature in the school yard,” were effective in increasing students’ awareness of the importance of ecological conservation and environmental ethics; (2) The introduction of “experiences of identification with familiar nature in the school yard” to the field of ecology was an effective measure for achieving “self-realization through identification with nature,” a core idea of deep ecology; and (3) The program encouraged the actions of some students toward the conservation of ecology, signaling the final stage of “self-realization.”