本研究は、海洋リテラシーを評価するための具体的な方法を開発することを目的とする。そのための第1段階として、海洋教育および水産教育の現場で活動する指導者104名を対象に、自由記述により海洋リテラシーを意味する具体的な指標(語句)を427個収集した。それらの語句を97個に精選した後、第2段階として海洋教育の現場で活動する指導者163名を対象に質問紙調査を実施し、海洋リテラシーを構成する指標の構成について多変量解析を用いて分析した。その結果、海洋リテラシーは「説明力」と「理解力」の2つの側面から構成されていると考えられた。さらに「説明力」は中位の指標として「人と海の関わりについて説明する力」と「海での活動に関わる知識と経験」によって構成され、「理解力」は「海についての認識」と「海での活動能力」によって構成されていると考えられた。
Previous studies concerning camps have examined the effect of camps on the development of campers. The studies focused not only on campers but also on camp counselors, especially the group leader. The current studies examined the effect of the experience of the camp counselor in direct interaction with campers on the camp counselor's self growth feelings. The first of the two related studies developed a multi-factor scale for use in quantifying the camp counselor's self growth feelings and assessed the reliability of each factor in quantifying these feelings. The factor analysis confirmed the reliability of the following four factors for quantifying group activity management skills: “planning”, “providing guidance”, “assertiveness,” and “facilitating cooperation”. Cronbach's alpha indicated internal consistency (where alpha equals .89 for “planning”, .90 for “providing guidance”, .86 for “assertiveness”, and .93 for “facilitating cooperation”). The second study examined the effect of the experiences of the camp counselor on how the camp counselor of high school student rated the camp counselor's self growth feelings. The results show the experienced group that participated in camp activities as camp counselor rated the four factors significantly higher than the control group that do not participated in camp activities. These results suggest that as camp counselors gain experience in interacting with campers, their self growth feelings will improve.