How to Understand and Implement Environmental Education in Japanese High Schools

1980 ◽  
pp. 167-174
Author(s):  
M. Numata
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Japanese High Schools

scholarly journals Environmental Education-related Policy Enactment in Japanese High Schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 097340822110313
Author(s):  
Melissa Glackin ◽  
Kate Greer
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Democratic Citizenship ◽  
The Past ◽  
Policy Enactment ◽  
International Discourse ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Japanese High Schools

Over the past decade, Japan’s rich tradition of environmental education-related policy has shifted to encompass international discourse concerning global competition and education for sustainable development. In view of this shift, this article explores environmental education-related policy enactment from the perspective of high school teachers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 experienced teachers and were analysed using the environmental education-related conceptual lenses of Lucas (1972) and Stevenson (1987, 2007). The findings suggest that the current policy enactment in Japanese high schools features a narrow interpretation of environmental education that emphasises knowledge acquisition and overlooks the development of practical skills, attitudes or democratic citizenship. This case study highlights the necessity that, for a progressive environmental education to become established, policymakers must find a way to balance local knowledge with the demands of international organizations, paying particular attention to curriculum ideology, policy competition and the teachers’ voice in policy creation.

Restructuring Japanese High Schools: Reforms for Diversity

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuo K. Shimahara
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Japanese High Schools

A Socio‐ecological Approach to Interdisciplinary Environmental Education in Senior High Schools

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regula Kyburz‐Graber ◽  
Lisa Hirsch ◽  
Gertrude Hirsch ◽  
Karin Werner
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Interdisciplinary Environmental Education
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