The Actual Conditions of Elementary School Teachers to Identify Insects - Regarding Insects belonging to "Orthoptera" from the School Song "Mushi no koe" -

Abstract

In this study, we investigated and analyzed how well the elementary school teachers could identify the insects appearing in the song of "Mushi no koe", and also when and how they recognized the insects first. As a result, the following 6 points were clarified. 1. It was difficult for the teachers to identify the insects of "Mushi no koe" by observing their figures except "Teleogryllus emma" and "Meloimorpha japonica". Also, it was difficult to identify all the insects by listening to their chirp sounds. 2. There were no significant differences in the total scores by observing the figures between the male and female teachers. Also, there were no significant differences by listening to their chirp sounds. 3. There was almost no correlation between the teacher ages and the total scores by both observing the figures and listening to their chirp sounds. 4. There was a slight correlation between the scores of how the teachers were interested in the insects in childhood and the total scores by observing the figures. By contrast, there was almost no correlation between the ones and the total scores by listening to the chirp sounds. 5. The teachers knew Cricket "Gryllidae" in elementary school or before entering elementary school from parents or someone close. They were tough when they found and caught the crickets in the garden or places in the grass. 6. The teachers knew "Meloimorpha japonica" in elementary school from parents or someone close mostly. They found breeding "Meloimorpha japonica", not by catching and finding in nature.