著者

高橋 満彦 大宅 裕紀 土井 徹

出版者

一般社団法人 日本環境教育学会

雑誌

環境教育 (ISSN:09172866)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.31, no.4, pp.4_48-55, 2022 (Released:2022-08-04)

参考文献数

19

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This paper analyzes how the management of wildlife (birds and mammals) is described in textbooks authorized by the Japan's Ministry of Education for use in elementary and middle schools. All of the textbooks authorized for Social Studies (24 items for elementary and 13 items for middle schools), Science (28 for elementary and 18 for middle schools), Life Environment Studies (17 items for elementary schools), and Technical Arts (thee items for middle schools) were investigated for discussion.  Wildlife management consists of multiple elements. Japanese wildlife policy originally focused on protective elements; however, with increasing wildlife damage, the Wildlife Act was revised in 2014 to define “protection” and “control” as dual values of wildlife management.  Through our research of textbooks, we found that they describe the “protection” of wildlife fairly well. However, the “control” of wildlife is mentioned or alluded to in only 16 items. Lethal control is discussed in only one textbook for middle school science.  The authors assert that the “control” of wildlife should be described in textbooks not only for the pupils to understand the current environmental policy, but also to comprehend the challenges towards agricultural and rural communities.