Why do we need outdoor education in Japan?

Outdoor education can develop competency

for children and educators, using local community.

地域の連携によりアウトドア教育で育成される力

Kazuki Nishiura

Ph.D. in PsychologyDepartment Chairman, Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University

宮城学院女子大学教授 西浦 和樹

26 February, 2016 15:00-17:00Project 2018

Tourism: Japan has developed “Educational Power and Resources”, but …地域の教育力の活用

Educational Power in Local Community地域の教育力2)

Change them into the stay-type of leisure activities(ex.Japanese Bed & Breakfast hotel “MINPAKU”) 滞在型余暇活動や民泊

Traditional leisure resources (or activities) in rural areas農山漁村を舞台にした余暇活動

Rich green and blue 緑豊かな農山漁村

Nature and culture 自然と文化

Interchange between urban and rural 地域間の交流

Almost all the Japanese rural areas are just facing a declining population and educational power 人口減少社会

Education: Japanese government tries to change

educational quality before 2020 アウトドア教育の特色

Evidence-based Outdoor Education科学的な裏づけのあるアウトドア教育3)

Rich learning environment from indoor to outdoor: Authentic High-resolution sensation 多様な学習環境の提供（教室からアウトドアへ）

Diverse learning styles from textbook to activity: Action-based learning(Active learning)多様な学習スタイルの提供（教科書ベースから発見・体験型の学習へ）

Opportunities to learn sustainable society 持続的循環型社会に関する学習機会の提供

Problem solving learning: analyze, synthesize, evaluate 問題解決学習

Voluntary or collaborative: value, communication 能動的、協働的

Starting year 2020, but nobody knows the practices for active learning.

Japanese government promotes to renew the educational guideline.The basic policy is “Active Learning”. 学習指導要領改訂とアクティブラーニング

Outdoor Education: expected outcomesアウトドア教育3)：期待される成果

Expected outcomes and psychological effects with outdoor education

Health promotion for children 子どもと教師の健康促進

Decrease in mental stress for children 子どものストレス軽減

Increase in concentration for children 子どもの集中力の向上

Provision of collaboration among children 仲間との協働の機会の提供

We can think outdoor education as “Active Learning”,because outdoor education(1) is quite similar to active learning in the way of voluntary and

collaborative activities. アウトドア教育とアクティブラーニングの高い類似性

(2) is evidence-based educational science エビデンスがある教育方法

(3) can meet the needs of both tourism and education. ツーリズムと教育業界のニーズへの対応

Why do we need outdoor education in our prefecture?

Because …なぜ、今、本県の子どもたちにアウトドア教育が必要か？

We have so many children who have psychological problem and cannot go to school after the disaster. 震災後の子どもたちが抱える心身の健康問題（左図）

The matter is poor family in not only economy, but also lifestyle as below.

We can think about not only Sweden, but Japan from Swedish style.

Psychological support in the disaster area.石巻サポートにおける傾聴スキル心理トレーニングの様子（石巻ビッグバン、2014年6月7日実施）。参加者からは、子どもたちの不定愁訴、尿失禁などの心身の不調を訴える事例が紹介された。

Sweden Japan

Work-life balance Rank 6 Rank 34

Environment Rank 1 Rank 24

Life satisfactory Rank 10 Rank 27

Health Rank 7 Rank 29

We think about Japan from Swedish style(1) Educational exchange project: Inside Sweden since 2012

Nature school in Linköping Outdoor preschool in Motala

We think about Japan from Swedish style(1) Educational exchange project: Japanese style from Sweden

「森のこども園」means outdoor preschool near Forest in Sendai-city

We have to develop a new outdoor curriculum for children and a outdoor training program for teacher.

We grow some traditional and original vegetables in Kyoto.

We eat Japanese traditional foods with traditional cooking or in traditional house.Swedish family visited Kyoto. We had a good time to cook and eat them, supported by a university.

We think about Japan from Swedish style(2) Tourism and Food project: From Japanese style to Sweden

We think about Japan from Swedish style(3) Animation project: From Japanese style to Sweden

Animation Grand Prix of Miyagi prefecture. I will show you one of products.

Grand Prix Animation in 2014

I’d like to have an effort to have international communication toward 2018.

Thank you for your attention.