JP2002352001A - Environmental education support method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an environmental education support method capable of easily and satisfactorily executing the environmental education having contents correspond to a specific region in the unit of schools. SOLUTION: A formed organization 12 in the specific region makes an environmental education plan for schools in this region and generates environmental education practice curriculums in the unit of schools along the environmental education plan and provides information for teachers and students through a communication line 10 from a database prepared to carry on the environmental education on the basis of the environmental education practice curriculums when necessary.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an environmental education support method, and more particularly to an environmental education support method for executing environmental education based on an environmental education practice curriculum.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a support method in a conventional educational system, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-172161, it is described that learning is performed together with another learner in order to give the learner a sense of reality. A server that provides various teaching material contents to be connected to a network, with an object to provide a method for making a learner aware,
And an educational system including user terminals of a plurality of subscribed users, wherein the server associates, for each subscribed user, user identification information of the subscribed user and an image file of a symbol representing the subscribed user. A table and, for each teaching material content provided by the user, content identification information of the teaching material content, and
A learning material-specific learner table in which the user identification information of the subscribing user who receives the provision of the learning material content is managed, and each user terminal logs in to the server based on the subscribed user table. Displaying the user identification information and the symbol of the subscribing user on the screen together with the teaching material content provided by the server, and by referring to the learning material-specific learner table at predetermined time intervals, receiving the same teaching material content as the user. Some screens display only the user identification information and symbols of the subscribed user.

[0003]

However, in the prior art described above, it has been shown that a learner learns through the user terminal by providing various teaching material contents and subscribing user information from the server to the user terminal. No specific disclosure is made of how teachers and students implement environmental education in schools. Environmental education requires practical and specialized knowledge, such as global knowledge and local knowledge to understand the global environment based on real experiences that look at environmental issues on a global scale and in a wide range, as well as the actual situation in the area where environmental education is conducted. It is necessary to do it in accordance with the contents.

An object of the present invention is to provide an environmental education support method capable of easily and thoroughly executing environmental education of contents corresponding to a specific area on a school basis.

[0005] Another object of the present invention is to provide a cyclic environmental education system consisting of research, experience, consideration, and execution phases for each theme, so that each phase can be learned in a fine-grained manner. Can learn
An object of the present invention is to provide an environmental education support method capable of executing a substantial environmental education.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an environmental education support method that enables a variety of environmental education approaches, enables a wide range of knowledge acquisition and experience, and enables fulfilling environmental education.

[0007]

In the environmental education support method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, a public organization in a specific area prepares an environmental education plan for a school in the area, and the environmental education plan is included in the environmental education plan. A school-based environmental education practice curriculum is created along the school, and information is provided to teachers and students via a communication line on demand from the following database prepared for executing environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum. This is an environmental education support method. (1) For a teacher who has a code, an information processing apparatus having a recording medium is used for an environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool database, an environmental education content database for each subject, an environmental education practice example database, an environmental education practice example Q & A, and the like. Environment related database in the region. (2) For an information processing apparatus having a recording medium for a student to which a code is assigned, an environment education practice example database and an environment-related database in the area.

The recording medium is used as a computer server such as a computer, such as a hard disk or a magnetic tape such as a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk. The information processing device is a terminal device such as a personal computer. In the present invention, each of the target teacher and student is coded in advance, and when requested, the educational information is transmitted from the environmental education support center through a communication line according to the code, and the receiving side stores the information in a recording medium. To accumulate. It is also desirable that the target school be coded and that information be provided by specifying which teacher and which student at which school. There are various ways of coding, and it may be for each specific teacher or student at a specific school, or one code may be assigned to a group of teachers in charge of the same education. The same applies to student coding.

According to the request of a public institution or a school, various databases prepared in advance by the center and stored in a recording medium are transmitted to teachers and students according to the above-described procedure for education. I do.

Further, in the environmental education support method according to the present invention for achieving the above another object, a public organization in a specific area creates an environmental education plan for a school, inputs the plan to a public organization terminal, and A local school obtains the environmental education plan, creates an environmental education practice curriculum including each of a research phase, an experience phase, a consideration phase, and an execution phase in accordance with the school, and inputs the curriculum to a school terminal, The environmental education support center obtains or prepares information for executing environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum, inputs the information into the database of the environmental education support center server, and executes environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum. At the time of the request from the school, it is prepared in the database of the environmental education support center server Is obtained by the environmental education support method for transmitting via a communication line to a school terminal used by teachers and students support tool corresponding to the respective phases from the information.

Further, in the environmental education support method according to the present invention for achieving the another object, a public organization in a specific area creates an environmental education plan for a school, inputs the plan to a public organization terminal, and A local school obtains the environmental education plan, creates an environmental education practice curriculum including each of a research phase, an experience phase, a consideration phase, and an execution phase in accordance with the school, and inputs the curriculum to a school terminal, The environmental education support center obtains or prepares information for executing environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum, inputs the information into the database of the environmental education support center server, and executes environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum. At the time of the school, the information prepared in the database of the Environmental Education Is obtained by the environmental education support method is transmitted via the communication line a support tool to school terminal for mediating the participation of companies and professionals.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the entire environmental education support method and system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 6. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the environmental education support method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of roles of a social support team and a local support team in the environmental education support system, and FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the environmental education support system.

As shown in FIG. 6, the environmental education support system 1 includes a school terminal 2 provided in a school where teachers and students provide environmental education, and a server 5 as a social support team 3 for supporting the school terminal 2. And the terminals 6 to 8 and the terminals 11 to 13 as the local support team 4 are connected via a communication line 10 (including radio) such as the Internet, a telephone line, a satellite line, and the like. Will form an environmental education network. In the following description, provision and reception (acquisition) of information are performed via a communication line 10 between servers and terminals provided in each department unless otherwise specified.

There are many schools provided with a plurality of school terminals 2 in many regions (see FIG. 2) nationwide, and environmental education is performed using the school terminals 2. Each terminal has a recording medium such as a hard disk or a magnetic tape such as a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk. This terminal is a personal computer or the like. In this example, the schools are elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, etc. in which environmental education is conducted in accordance with an environmental education plan prepared by the Board of Education, a public organization in the area, according to the educational guidelines of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. . In addition, environmental education of special contents may be conducted at schools other than these schools. For example, it is conceivable to provide environmental education contents for self-learning to local residents and companies in the region, or to dispatch teachers and experts to carry out environmental education.

[0016] Each school is coded for each area. The school creates an environmental education practice curriculum in accordance with the environmental education plan, inputs the curriculum to the school terminal 2 using the input device 2a, stores the curriculum in the storage device 2d, and uses the school terminal 2 to create the environmental education practice curriculum. Implement environmental education based on In order to achieve this, the school terminal 2 can obtain information from the database 5a (see FIG. 3) of the environmental education support center server 5 for teachers and students as needed. Since environmental education can be executed based on the environmental education practice curriculum according to such an environmental education plan, appropriate environmental education can be easily executed. This curriculum for practice of environmental education has a survey phase, an experience phase, a consideration phase, and an execution phase.
The details will be described later with reference to FIGS.

Further, the school terminal 2 can transmit and receive information to and from various parts of the world via the Internet which is the communication line 10, and can obtain various information necessary for environmental education.

Here, the school terminal 2 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG.
a, a control device 2b, a display device 2c, a storage device 2d, a communication device 2e, and a printer 2f. The input device 2a has a keyboard, a mouse, and the like for inputting by a school teacher or student, and is connected to the control device 2b. The control device 2b is configured by a microcomputer or the like, and performs a predetermined process required for environmental education. The display device 2c is a CRT
It is composed of a display, a liquid crystal display device and the like, is connected to the control device 2b, and displays a screen necessary for environmental education.
The storage device 2d stores information unique to the school, and is connected to the control device 2b. The communication device 2e
Has a function of enabling transmission and reception between the control device 2c and the communication line 10.

The social support team 3 includes an environmental education support center having an environmental education support center server 5, a system supporter having a system supporter terminal 6,
An education content vendor equipped with an educational content vendor terminal 7, a cooperating company equipped with a cooperating company terminal 8, and an environmental know-how owner equipped with an environmental know-how owner terminal 9 (see FIG. 3). Between the server 5 and the terminals 6 to 9 and the terminals 11 to 1 of the local support team 4
Information is transmitted to and received from the communication device 4 via a communication line 10 (including wireless) such as the Internet, a telephone line, or a satellite line. It should be noted that information may be partially transferred between them in paper or in kind.

The local support team 4 includes a local government having a local government terminal 11, an educational committee having an educational board terminal 12, a local environmental education center having a local environmental education center terminal 13, and a local resident. It consists of local residents with terminals 14 and cooperating companies with cooperating company terminals 8. These municipalities, boards of education and regional environmental education centers are public organizations. As shown in FIG. 2, there are a large number of local support teams 4 nationwide.
Between the server 5 and the terminals 6 to 9 of the Internet,
Information is transmitted and received via a communication line 10 (including wireless) such as a telephone line and a satellite line. It should be noted that information may be partially transferred between them in paper or in kind. Also, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, the local support team 4 provides support for carrying out local environmental experience training, local environmental child detectives, and learning about local history and the environment.

The environmental education support center provided with the environmental education support center server 5 is a person who sends and receives information related to environmental education and collects / utilizes environmental education know-how, and participates in the environmental education support system 1. Receiving environmental information from the terminal of the person, for example, the school terminal 2, the system supporter terminal 6, the educational content vendor terminal 7, the cooperating company terminal 8, the environmental know-how owner terminal 9, etc.
Alternatively, the user himself or herself creates environmental information, and stores the various databases 5a in the storage device 5g of the environmental education support center server 5.
5c (see FIG. 3 and FIG. 13) and terminals of persons who participate in the environmental education support system 1 using the databases 5a to 5c, for example, school terminals 2,
Information necessary for environmental education is provided to the local government terminal 11, the local environmental education center terminal 13, the environmental know-how owner terminal 9, and the like.

Here, the environmental education support center server 5 will be specifically described. As shown in FIG. 8, the environmental education support center server 5 has an input device 5d, a control device 5e, a display device 5f, a storage device 5g, Communication device 5
h and a printer 5i. The environmental education support center server 5 mainly includes a large-capacity storage device 5g having various databases 5a to 5c, and a control device 5e that processes various information recorded in the storage device 5g according to a flow described later. Thus, the host computer and server function as a whole to control the environmental education support system 1. Various devices such as another input device 5d and a display device 5f are devices for managing the environmental education support system. The input device 5d has a keyboard or the like to be input by an administrator of the environmental education support center, and is connected to the control device 5e. The control device 5e is composed of a microcomputer or the like, and performs a predetermined process required for environmental education. This processing method will be described later. The display device 5i includes a CRT display, a liquid crystal display device, and the like, is connected to the control device 5e, and displays an input screen necessary for an administrator of the environmental education support center, an information screen obtained from each terminal, and the like. The storage device 5g includes:
As shown in FIG. 13, it has environmental education support software 5d for performing the processing operation of the control device 5e, databases 5a to 5c for storing information, and the like, and is connected to the control device 5e. . The communication device 5h
Has a function of enabling transmission and reception between the control device 5e and the communication line 10. The printer 5i includes the control device 5
e, outputs various management data, and outputs and provides information desired by a participant in the system.

The provision of information necessary for environmental education from the environmental education support center server 5 to the school terminal 2 described above is as follows.
Provide environmental information and environmental Q & A, etc., using educational contents to school terminals 2 used by students and teachers, provide support information for teachers associated with the environmental information, environmental Q & A, etc., and provide an environmental education curriculum creation support tool (for example, consulting Tools). To explain this provided information more specifically, for the school terminal 2 used by the teacher, the environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool 5a111 shown in FIG. 17, the environmental education content 5a112 for each subject, the environmental education practice example Data 5a11
3. Examples of environmental education practice Q & A 5a114 and environment-related data 5a115 in the area. For the school terminal 2 used by the student, environmental education practice example data 5a
121 and the environment-related data 5a12 in the area
Second magnitude. Practical information on such environmental education is provided to the school terminal 2 used by students and teachers, and the students and teachers use the school terminal 2 to conduct environmental education, thereby executing more complete environmental education. can do.

The information provided to the school terminal 2 for teachers and students includes video information provided by the communication line 10 or other methods, thereby providing a more complete environmental education. Can be performed.
That is, in environmental education, it is highly necessary to use information that can be expressed only by video, and it is often required to be easy to understand using video.

As described above, by providing support information for teachers associated with educational contents provided to the school terminal 2 used by students to the school terminal 2 used by teachers, environmental education in schools can be smoothly promoted. And environmental education can be enhanced.

The environmental education support center server 5
Receives feedback on needs for environmental education from the school terminal 2 and the local environmental education center terminal 13 and provides the feedback to the system supporter terminal 6 and the educational content vendor terminal 7.

The system supporter provided with the system supporter terminal 6 is a person who supports the construction and operation of the environmental education support system 1. It provides service infrastructure and support tools to the servers and terminals to be used via the communication line 10 to operate the environmental education support center,
And provide feedback on needs for environmental education directly from the school terminal 2 or through the environmental education support center server 5.

Here, the system supporter terminal 6 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 9, the system supporter terminal 6 includes an input device 6a, a control device 6b, and a display device 6.
c, a storage device 6d, a communication device 6e, and a printer 6f. The input device 6a has a keyboard, a mouse, and the like input by a system supporter, and is connected to the control device 6b. The control device 6b includes a microcomputer or the like, and performs a predetermined process required for environmental education. The display device 6c includes a CRT display, a liquid crystal display device, and the like, is connected to the control device 6b, and displays a screen necessary for a system supporter. The storage device 6d stores information unique to the system supporter, and includes a control device 6b.
It is connected to the. The communication device 6e includes a control device 6c
And a communication line 10.

The provision of service infrastructure, support tools, and the like to those who participate in the above-described environmental education support system 1 can be performed, for example, by a system supporter through an education committee.
Providing support tools for personal computers, large projectors, mobile terminals, digital cameras, measuring instruments, etc., including software such as browsers and word processors. With these provisions, those who participate in the environmental education support system 1 can easily prepare service infrastructure, support tools, and the like.

The above-mentioned manufacturer information includes not only information on products related to environmental education but also information on general products. By using such manufacturer information by those who participate in the environmental education support system 1, environmental education can be more fully executed.

Also, by receiving feedback on the needs for environmental education described above, the system supporter can provide appropriate service infrastructure and support tools that meet the needs based on these needs. 1 to those who participate.

The educational contents vendor provided with the educational contents vendor terminal 7 is a person who creates and provides environmental education contents and educational know-how, and the like. The school terminal 2, the cooperating company terminal 8, and the environmental know-how owner terminal 9 are provided.
Received information on various types of environment, and created environmental education content and educational know-how based on this information.
The environmental education support center server 5 is provided with environmental education contents, education know-how, etc., and receives feedback on needs regarding environmental education directly from the school terminal 2 or through the environmental education support center server 5.
In the case where the educational content vendor is an existing educational content vendor, it is expected that it is possible to easily create enriched environmental educational content and educational know-how by utilizing past know-how. The educational content vendor will be involved in the operation of the Environmental Education Support Center.

Here, the educational content vendor terminal 7 will be specifically described. As shown in FIG. 10, the educational content vendor terminal 7 includes an input device 7a, a control device 7b, a display device 7c, a storage device 7d, and a communication device. 7e and a printer 7f. The input device 7a has a keyboard, a mouse, and the like that are input by the educational content vendor, and is connected to the control device 7b. The control device 7b is configured by a microcomputer or the like, and performs a predetermined process required for environmental education. The display device 7c includes a CRT display, a liquid crystal display device, and the like.
To display the screens required by the education content vendor. The storage device 7d stores information unique to the educational content vendor, and is connected to the control device 7b. The communication device 7e has a function of enabling transmission and reception between the control device 7c and the communication line 10.

The above-mentioned school terminal 2, cooperating company terminal 8, and environmental know-how owner terminal 9 provide various environmental information to create environmental educational contents and educational know-how. The know-how and the like can be further enhanced, and a rich environmental education can be executed using the know-how.

By receiving feedback on the needs for environmental education from the environmental education support center server 5 and the school terminal 2, the educational content vendor can provide environmental education contents, educational know-how, etc. that meet the needs based on the needs. Can be provided from the educational content vendor terminal 7 to the environmental education support center server 5. Then, those who participate in the environmental education support system 1 can receive the provision from the environmental education support center server 5, and can execute more appropriate environmental education.

A cooperating company provided with the cooperating company terminal 8 is a company that has participated in cooperating with environmental education in the environmental education support system 1, and is, for example, a local company or an environmentally advanced company in each region. This cooperating company terminal 8 transmits environmental information owned by the company to the environmental education support system 1.
And cooperate by accepting environmental experience learning and the like performed by the school terminal 2.

Here, the cooperating company terminal 8 will be specifically described. As shown in FIG.
It has an input device 8a, a control device 8b, a display device 8c, a storage device 8d, a communication device 8e, and a printer 8f.
The input device 8a has a keyboard, a mouse, and the like for inputting by a cooperating company, and is connected to the control device 8b. The control device 8b includes a microcomputer or the like, and performs a predetermined process required for environmental education. The display device 8c has a CR
It is composed of a T display, a liquid crystal display device, and the like, is connected to the control device 8b, and displays a screen necessary for the educational content vendor. The storage device 8d stores information unique to the cooperating company, and is connected to the control device 8b. The communication device 8e is connected to the control device 8c and the communication line 10
It has the function of enabling transmission and reception between

The provision of the environmental information owned by the company described above includes, for example, introduction of the environmental activities of the company, and various types of business (power,
Providing unique information on automobiles, foods, chemicals, etc.). When the cooperating company provides such company environment information through the cooperating company terminal 8, more complete environmental education can be executed.

The above-mentioned environmental experience learning in the cooperating company is performed, for example, by using the facilities and the like in the cooperating company by the teachers and students of the school and utilizing the knowledge and experience of the employees of the cooperating company. . Through such environmental experience learning, more complete environmental education can be executed.

The environmental know-how owner equipped with the environmental know-how owner terminal 9 (see FIG. 3) is an expert having deep knowledge and experience concerning the environment, for example, an academic expert 9a and an environmental counselor 9b. The configuration of the environmental know-how owner terminal 9 is the same as that of the partner company terminal 8 described above,
Illustration and explanation will be omitted.

The local government provided with the local government terminal 11 is a person who builds and operates the local support team 4 in the region, and gives a local administration to the person who participates in the environmental education support system 1 through the local environmental education center terminal 13. Provide information and promote environmental education for residents. The configuration of the local government terminal 11 is the same as that of the cooperating company terminal 8 described above.
It is the same as that of FIG.

The board of education provided with the board of education 12 is a public organization in a specific area as schematically shown in FIG. 2, and according to the curriculum guidelines of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the environment of schools in the area. An education plan is created, and this environmental education plan is provided from the school board terminal 12 to the school terminal 2. The configuration of the school board terminal 12 is the same as that of the cooperating company terminal 8 described above, and illustration and description thereof will be omitted.

The local environmental education center provided with the local environmental education center terminal 13 is a person who is set up in a local government and manages a substantial local support team 4. The local environmental education center terminal 13 is provided with a storage device 13d so as to link information necessary for the region among information owned by the environmental education support center server 5 in a linked manner.

Here, the local environmental education center terminal 13 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 12, the input device 13a, the control device 13b, and the display device 13
c, storage device 13d, communication device 13e, and printer 1
3f. The input device 13a has a keyboard, a mouse, and the like input by the local environmental education center, and is connected to the control device 13b. The control device 13b
Is constituted by a microcomputer or the like, and performs predetermined processing required for environmental education. The display device 13c includes a CRT display, a liquid crystal display device, and the like.
Is connected to and displays the screen required for the local educational environment center. The storage device 13d stores information necessary for the entire local support team, and is connected to the control device 13b. The communication device 13e has a function of enabling transmission and reception between the control device 13c and the communication line 10.

The local environmental education center sends information necessary for environmental education to the environmental education support system 1 in the same manner as the environmental education support center provides from the environmental education support center server 5, for example, The school terminal 2, the local resident terminal 14, and the cooperating company terminal 8 are provided from the local environmental education center terminal 13. This allows
The school terminal 2 can obtain necessary information from any of the environmental education support center server 5 and the local environmental education center terminal 13, so that the school terminal 2 can be easily obtained from a familiar person. Further, the local environmental education center has a school terminal 2, a cooperating company terminal 8, and a local resident terminal 1.
The feedback of the needs related to environmental education is received by the local environmental education center terminal 13 from 4th, etc., and processed and provided to the environmental education support center server 5.

A local resident provided with the local resident terminal 14 is a local resident who participates in cooperating with the environmental education in the environmental education support system 1 and cooperates by accepting, for example, environmental experience learning conducted by a school. In addition, the local residents provide and receive environmental education to and from the local environmental education center terminal 13 using the local residents terminal 14,
While improving the environmental education of the entire environmental education support system 1, the local residents themselves also receive environmental education.

Next, an example of the operation and specific configuration of the environmental education support system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 3, and FIGS.

First, the conclusion of the alliance between the environmental education center, system supporters, and educational content vendors will be described. When the system supporter terminal 6 and the educational content vendor terminal 7 apply for an alliance to the environmental education support center server 5 (step 101), the environmental education center examines whether or not an alliance can be concluded, and determines the result of the alliance. And it transmits to the educational content vendor terminal 7 (step 103). The system supporter and the educational content vendor confirm the examination result on the system supporter terminal 6 and the educational content vendor terminal 7 (step 104), and an alliance is established between the environmental education center and the system supporter and the educational content vendor. Tied. Based on this, information is provided from the system supporter terminal 6 and the educational content vendor terminal 7 to the environmental education support center server 5 (step 105) and recorded in the storage device 5g of the environmental education support center server 5 (see FIG. 8). Is performed (step 108).

In this way, an alliance on the environmental education network business is established between the environmental education center, the system supporter, and the educational content vendor. Then, the system supporter invests in the environmental education support center and is involved in its operation. For example, a system supporter dispatches a management person in charge, shares information system work and expenses, dispatches environmental education business planning personnel, and makes a business investment. The education content vendor, like the system supporter, invests in and operates the environmental education support center.
For example, an education content vendor dispatches management personnel, shares information system work and expenses, dispatches environmental education business planning staff, and makes a business investment. It should be noted that the system supporter and the educational content vendor may be in any form in which these are performed jointly or independently.

On the other hand, the cooperating company concludes an alliance with the environmental education support center regarding information provision in the same manner as the above-described alliance conclusion procedure, and provides various types of environmental information to the environmental education support center server 5. Further, the owner of the environmental know-how concludes an alliance with the environmental education support center regarding provision of information and know-how in the same manner as the above-described alliance conclusion procedure, and provides various types of environmental information to the environmental education support center server 5.

Next, the signing of a usage contract between the environmental education center and the local environmental education center terminal 13, the school terminal 2, the school board terminal 12, and the local resident terminal 14 will be described.
The local environmental education center terminal 13, the school terminal 2, the school board terminal 12, and the local resident terminal 14 apply to the environmental education support center server 5 for an environmental education service use contract in the environmental education support system 1 (step 111). The Environmental Education Center examines whether or not to conclude the use contract and sends the result to the Local Environmental Education Center terminal 13, School Terminal 2, Board of Education Terminal 12 and Local Resident Terminal 14 (Step 112). , The Board of Education and the local residents report the results to the local environmental education center terminal 13, school terminal 2,
Then, by confirming with the local resident terminal 14 (step 113), a use contract is concluded between the environmental education center and the local environmental education center, schools, boards of education, and local residents. Based on this, the environmental education support center sends the local environmental education center terminal 13, the school terminal 2, and the school board terminal 12 from the environmental education support center server 5.
In addition, information is provided to the local resident terminal 14 (step 114), and a support tool is provided. As a result, the local environmental education center, schools, boards of education and local residents
3. Use the information provided by the school terminal 2, the school board terminal 12, and the local resident terminal 14 (step 11).
5).

As described above, the operation of the environmental education support system 1 can be effectively promoted by making alliances and contracts with those who participate in the environmental education support system 1.

This will be described more specifically. Cooperation company terminal 8
When the environmental know-how owner terminal 9 provides various types of environmental information to the environmental education support center server 5 (step 121), the environmental education support center server 5 aggregates the provided environmental information to create an environmental education information aggregation database. 5c (step 122).
Based on the environmental information stored in the environmental education information aggregation database 5c, a content creation and editing meeting is held at the environmental education support center. The environmental education center, system supporters, and educational content vendors participate in this content creation and editing meeting, and environmental know-how owners participate as supervisors.
Then, a content creation and editing conference is held via the terminals 6, 7, and 9 (step 123). Of course, these persons may actually gather at the environmental education support center and have a meeting while viewing the display device 5f of the environmental education support center server 5 or the material output from the printer 5i. The editing result may be supervised by the owner of the environmental know-how.

Based on the result of the content creation and editing conference, the educational content vendor creates environmental education content using the educational content vendor terminal 7. As a result, the educational content vendor can easily and enrich the environmental education content. The created environmental education content is provided from the educational content vendor terminal 7 to the environmental education support center server 5 (step 125), and stored in the environmental education content database 5a of the environmental education support center server 5 (step 126).

This environmental education content database 5a
Is composed of a content database for school 5a1 and a content database for residents 5a2, as shown in FIG. A code database 5x for schools, teachers and students is provided separately from or together with the content database.

The school content database 5a1 includes a teacher database 5a11 and a student database 5a12. Further, the teacher database 5a11 is composed of environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool data 5a111, environmental education content data 5a112 for each subject, environmental education practice example data 5a113, environmental education practice example Q & A 5a114, and environment-related data 5a115 for each region. Is done. The student database 5a12 includes environmental education practice example data 5a12 and environment-related data 5a122 for each area. The environment-related data 5a115 and 5a122 are
It is created by a person who provides an environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool based on environmental information provided by the terminal 8 of the cooperating company in the region or the terminal 9 of the owner of the environmental know-how which is a specialist.

Further, the contents database 5a2 for residents includes environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool data 5a21, environmental education contents data 5a2 for each theme.
2. Environmental education practice example data 5a23, environmental education practice example Q
& A5a24 and regional environment-related data 5a25.

Each of the data for the school content database 5a1 and the residents content database 5a2 contains video information. Note that the video information may be stored in another database and associated with each of these data.

Next, an information provision request is transmitted from the school terminal 2 to the environmental education support center server 5 (step 131). When the environmental education support center server 5 receives this provision request, the environmental education support center server 5 requests the information. Is determined (step 132). For this determination, the environmental education support center server 5
A classification table is provided for those who participate in this system.

If this determination is a provision request from the teacher, the contents for teachers are provided to the school terminal 2 used by the teacher from the database for teachers 5a11 in the contents database for school 5a1 (step 13).
3). The provided contents for teachers include an environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool 5a111 according to the request received from the school terminal 2 used by the teacher, environmental education content data 5a112 for each subject, environmental education practice example data 5a113, and environmental education. The practical example Q & A 5a114 and the environment-related data 5a115 in the area are selected.

If the above judgment is made by a student, the contents for students are provided from the student database 5a12 of the contents database for school 5a1 to the school terminal 2 used by the students (step 134).
As the provided contents for the student, the environmental education practice example data 5a121 and the environment-related 5a122 in the area corresponding to the request content received from the school terminal 2 used by the student are selected. The content for teachers or the content for students provided from the environmental education support center server 5 is stored in the school terminal 2 used by the teacher or the storage device 2d of the school terminal 2 used by the student, and is arbitrarily browsed by the teacher or the student. Is performed (step 135).

In this way, the teacher or the student can receive the contents for teachers or the contents for school 5a1 from the environmental education support center server 5 through the school terminal 2 as described above. Environmental education can be implemented.

The environmental education support center server 5
The content for schools can also be received from the database of the local environmental education center terminal 13 linked to the environmental education content database 5a. Thereby, the teacher or the student can receive desired environmental education information from the database which is more easily received through the school terminal 2.

Next, an information provision request is transmitted from the local resident terminal 14 to the environmental education support center server 5 (step 141), and the information provision request is sent to the environmental education support center server 5 via the local environmental education center terminal 13 or the local government terminal 11. Upon receiving the request, the environmental education support center server 5 determines the requester (step 14).
2). If this judgment is a request from local residents,
From the contents database 5a2 for the residents in the environmental education contents database 5a, the contents for the residents education are transferred to the local environmental education center terminal 13 or the local government terminal
1 to the local resident terminal 14 (step 14
3). The provided content 5a2 for education of residents is stored in the storage device of the local resident terminal 14 and arbitrarily browsed by the local resident (step 144).

Thus, the local resident provided with the local resident terminal 14 can easily learn based on the provided resident education content 5a2. For this study, content for residents is prepared for self-learning. However, it is necessary for school teachers and environmental know-how owners to perform environmental education as teachers. It is desirable to prepare content for teachers.

Next, if a question about the environment occurs during environmental education at the school, the question is sent to the environmental education support center server 5 together with the code number from the school terminal 2 used by the teacher or the student. It is transmitted (step 151). Then, when this is received by the environmental education support center server 5, the knowledge location database 5b provided in the storage device 5g (see FIG. 13).
Is automatically selected based on the table stored in the server (step 152), the questions are stored, and the questions are transferred to the environmental know-how owner terminal 9 owned by the respondent (step 153). ). The knowledge location database 5b has a field-specific correspondence table 5b1 between terms relating to the field or environment and the owner of the environmental know-how. As a result, the owner of the environmental know-how can be specified based on terms relating to the field or environment included in the questionnaire.

When this question is received at the environmental know-how owner terminal 9, the environmental know-how owner creates the answer and transmits it from the environmental know-how owner terminal 9 to the environmental education support center server 5 (step 154). This answer is stored in the environmental education support center server 5, and the answer is provided from the environmental education support center server 5 to the school terminal 2 (step 155).
The provided answer items are stored in the storage device 2d of the school terminal 2 of the questioner and are browsed by the questioner (step 156). The contents taken in the knowledge location database 5b of the environmental education Q & A conducted in this way are classified and stored.

In this way, it is possible to easily and immediately respond to questions arising in environmental education in schools, and to execute more complete environmental education. It is desirable that the same thing can be performed for the local environmental education center terminal 13 and that it is also possible to respond to questions from local residents in the same way.

Next, when a teacher or student requests a Q & A for environmental education from the school terminal 2 (step 1).
61) A search for environmental education Q & A is performed by the environmental education support center server 5 (step 162), and the search result is provided from the environmental education support center server 5 to the school terminal 2 of the survey client together with the code number (step 163). ). The provided environmental education Q & A is stored in the storage device 2d of the school terminal 2 and is browsed by the requester (step 164). This makes it easier to respond to questions that arise in school environmental education.

According to the environmental education support method described above,
The cooperation between the regional support team 4 centered on the local environmental education center terminal 13 (local government terminal 11) and the social support team 3 consisting of the environmental education support center, system supporters, educational content vendors, and cooperating companies has led to various Can provide an environmental education approach, and can provide a practical curriculum that enables a wide range of knowledge acquisition and experience.

Next, an example of environmental education in a school using the school terminal 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example of an environmental education curriculum in the environmental education support method of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of content for each environmental education theme in the present invention.

The environmental education curriculum shown in FIG. 4 is configured in a recurring manner including a research phase, an experience phase, a consideration phase, and an execution phase for each theme. By adopting a recycling-based environmental education curriculum in this way, it is possible to learn in detail in each phase and to learn each phase step by step.
A more fulfilling environmental education can be implemented. In addition, the curriculum for practice of environmental education in junior high school and / or high school includes at least an experience phase and a consideration phase. Note that in this environmental education curriculum, teachers and students perform environmental education in each phase, but it is preferable that students be able to study as much as possible.

The local environmental education center provides the school terminal 2 with support tools necessary to carry out these four phases through the local environmental education center terminal 13 having a database linked to the database of the environmental education support center server 5. At the same time, provide and introduce human resources with know-how. Specifically, the regional environmental education center uses an information collection tool for the survey phase, an experience support tool for the experience phase, a study support tool for the study phase, and a study support tool for the execution phase. Providing execution support tools, as well as academics 9a and environmental counselors 9 corresponding to each phase
Help b participate.

In the survey phase, the student learns by selecting a target theme, collecting information from the Internet and documents, and the like. The local support team 4 provides information gathering support to assist the student in selecting the theme in detail. In this example, as shown in FIG. 5, local waste management data (eg, waste amount, flow, cost, etc.) is provided by a homepage provided by the local environmental education center terminal 13.
And providing content such as environmental load data (for example, monitoring data). That is, when the student accesses the homepage of the local environmental education center terminal 13 using the school terminal 2 and conducts an information search, the homepage of the local environmental education center terminal 13 is provided to the school terminal 2 as information. By browsing the homepage, information can be collected.

As described above, the local environmental education center provides students with information on general knowledge and trends regarding the environment to support them, thereby providing information to be prepared for the next phase. Through these, the student grasps the current situation, assumes the environmental problems to be learned, and moves to the next experience phase.

Next, in the experience phase, the student
Outdoor learning such as various measurement experiences (for example, air and water quality) and field tours (for example, tours of recycling plants) are performed. This experience phase is intended to give students a deeper level of understanding of problems and entities by actually experiencing the information obtained in the previous phase. To achieve this easily, the local support team 4
Based on actual experiences such as tours and practical training, we will set up a course where students can learn various aspects of the problem and provide it on the website.
More specifically, in this example, where schools are provided with support tools to mediate the participation of cooperating companies and experts at the school's request, students will be able to tour treatment facilities and sort waste as shown in Figure 5. The school terminal 2 accesses the homepage of the local environmental education center terminal 13 and searches for information so that the user can experience the information. Is provided with a list of facilities in the area where tour dates are available and electronic application is possible), and digital cameras and IC recorders are provided or lent from the regional environmental education center. In addition, when students conduct summer vacation free study (for example, hands-on learning at a travel destination),
By accessing the homepage of the environmental education support center server 5 from the school terminal 2 and performing an information search, a list of processing facilities on each site of the homepage of the environmental education support center server 5 (specifically, a list of available tour dates, A list of processing facilities in various places where electronic application is possible), a list of experience events, and the like are provided.

The student exchanges information including environmental education data with other schools in the same area or schools and support centers in other areas through the respective school terminals 2 with respect to this actual experience. , Deeper learning can be performed. Through these, the student arranges the current situation, envisages the environmental issues to be learned, and moves to the next consideration phase.

Next, in the consideration phase, the student
Students will learn how to tabulate actual measurement data and consider the results of the tabulation, and will present the results at presentations and the like. This consideration phase is intended to summarize the knowledge obtained as the actual experience obtained in the previous phase, the information obtained in the survey phase, and the newly collected information, and to organize the students' own ideas. In order to achieve this easily, the social support team and the community support team will provide tools that have tabulation and presentation functions in addition to the tools provided in the survey phase, and will also provide information collection support tools such as surveys of other cases. I do.

In this example, the student accesses the homepage of the local environmental education center terminal 13 with the school terminal 2 so that the student can consider and make a presentation shown in FIG. Format and other information are provided on the website of the Regional Environmental Education Center Terminal 13, and waste management in each country / region, introduction of various demonstration facilities (for example, introduction of new waste treatment technology, etc.) and examples of presentations in various regions are provided. Provided from the environmental education support center server 5. In addition, the teacher accesses the homepage of the local environmental education center terminal 13 using the school terminal 2 so that the teacher can easily guide the discussion.
Discussion guidance format, etc. Local environmental education center terminal 1
Provided from the homepage of No.3.

Through these, the student extracts the actual task and moves to the next execution phase to execute the solution.

Next, in the execution phase, the student
In addition to making a plan of action for the result of the consideration, the student learns to execute the plan and evaluate the result. This execution phase is performed for the purpose of examining the actions that the student should take on the theme problem from the results so far and executing the means. In order to achieve this easily, the social support team 3 and the community support team 4 have the know-how such as advice on execution,
Provide a self-management support tool that can evaluate execution results.

In this example, the action table format, various formats, and the like are stored in the local environmental education center terminal 13 so that the student can work in school or at home as shown in FIG.
In addition to providing this on the homepage of Japan, support is provided by providing the national volunteer map and the like on the homepage of the environmental education support center server 5.

Through these, the student solves the task,
Consider the following themes and move to a new investigation phase.

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According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an environmental education support method capable of easily and thoroughly executing environmental education of contents corresponding to a specific area on a school basis.

Further, according to the present invention, a survey is conducted for each theme,
The recycling-based environmental education, which consists of the phases of experience, consideration and execution, allows for detailed learning in each phase, as well as the ability to learn each phase in a step-by-step manner, thereby enriching environmental education. A possible environmental education support method is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, there can be obtained an environmental education support method which enables a variety of environmental education approaches, enables a wide range of knowledge acquisition and experience, and can execute a substantial environmental education.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an environmental education support method and a system thereof according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of roles of a social support team and a local support team of the environmental education support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a specific example of an environmental education support method according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example of an environmental education curriculum in the environmental education support method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of content for each environmental education theme in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of an environmental education support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a school terminal in the environmental education support system.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of an environmental education support center server in the environmental education support system.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a system supporter terminal in the environmental education support system.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of an educational content vendor terminal in the environmental education support system.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a partner company terminal in the environmental education support system.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of a local environmental education center terminal in the environmental education support system.

FIG. 13 is a data structure diagram of a storage device of an environmental education support center server in the environmental education support system.

FIG. 14 is an operation flowchart of the environmental education support method of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an operation flowchart (continued) of the environmental education support method of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an operation flowchart (continued) of the environmental education support method of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a data structure diagram of an environmental education content database of an environmental education support center server of the environmental education support system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Environmental education support system, 2 ... School, 3 ... Social support team, 4 ... Local support team, 5 ... Environmental education support center, 6 ... System supporter, 7 ... Education content vendor, 8 ... Cooperating company, 9 ... Environment Know-how owner,
10: communication line, 11: local government, 12: board of education, 1
3 ... Local environmental education center, 14 ... Local residents.

Claims (14)

[Claims] A public organization in a specific area prepares an environmental education plan for a school in the area, prepares a school-based environmental education practice curriculum in accordance with the environmental education plan, and based on the environmental education practice curriculum. An environmental education support method for providing information via a communication line to teachers and students as required from the following databases prepared for executing environmental education. (1) For a teacher who has a code, an information processing apparatus having a recording medium is used for an environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool database, an environmental education content database for each subject, an environmental education practice example database, an environmental education practice example Q & A, and the like. Environment related database in the region. (2) For an information processing apparatus having a recording medium for a student to which a code is assigned, an environment education practice example database and an environment-related database in the area. 2. The environmental education support method according to claim 1, further comprising video information provided to teachers and / or students by a communication line or another method in addition to the provided databases (1) and (2). 3. The environmental education support method according to claim 1, wherein the environmental education practice curriculum in junior high school and / or high school includes at least an experience phase and a consideration phase. 4. The environmental education support method according to claim 1, wherein the environmental education practice curriculum includes outdoor learning and utilization of video information, and provides environmental information necessary for the outdoor learning. 5. The environmental education support method according to claim 1, wherein the environment-related database in the area is created based on environmental information provided by a company, an expert, or the like in the area. 6. The environmental education support method according to claim 3, wherein the local environment-related database is created by a person who provides an environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool. 7. Other schools in the same area, or schools in other areas,
3. The environmental education support method according to claim 1, wherein information including environmental education data is exchanged with a support center or the like. 8. An environmental education practice curriculum creation support tool database, an environmental education content database for each textbook,
A computer program configured to be executed by a computer so as to associate and output an environmental education practice database, an environmental education practice example Q & A, and an environment-related database in the area to a teacher. 9. A computer program configured to be executed by a computer so as to associate a practice example of environmental education with an environment-related database in the area and output it to a student. 10. A computer program according to claim 8, including video information provided to teachers and / or students. 11. The computer program according to claim 8, wherein said environmental education practice curriculum includes outdoor learning and utilization of video information, and provides environmental information necessary for said outdoor learning. 12. A computer program according to claim 8, wherein said local environment-related database is created based on environmental information provided by a company in said local area. 13. A public organization in a specific area prepares an environmental education plan for a school and inputs the plan to a public organization terminal. Of the environmental education practice curriculum including each of the research phase, the experience phase, the consideration phase, and the execution phase, and inputs the curriculum to the school terminal, and provides information for executing the environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum. The support center obtains or creates it, enters it into the database of the environmental education support center server,
When executing environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum, based on information prepared in the database of the environmental education support center server or information prepared in the terminal database of the regional environmental center based on a request from the school An environmental education support method for transmitting a support tool corresponding to each of the above phases to a school terminal used by teachers and students via a communication line. 14. A public organization in a specific area prepares an environmental education plan for a school and inputs it to a public organization terminal, and the school in the specific area obtains the environmental education plan and obtains a school unit in accordance with the plan. Of the environmental education practice curriculum including each of the research phase, the experience phase, the consideration phase, and the execution phase, and inputs the curriculum to the school terminal, and provides information for executing the environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum. The support center obtains or creates it, enters it into the database of the environmental education support center server,
When executing environmental education based on the environmental education practice curriculum, a cooperating company from the information prepared in the database of the environmental education support center or the information prepared in the terminal database of the regional environmental center according to the wishes of the school Education support method for sending support tools for mediating the participation of professionals and experts to school terminals via communication lines.