著者

宮原 弘匡

出版者

日本地理教育学会

雑誌

新地理 (ISSN:05598362)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.42, no.4, pp.28-39, 1995-03-25 (Released:2010-04-30)

参考文献数

16

被引用文献数

1 1

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The main purpose of this paper is to make clear the spatial distribution of knowledge regarding Tokyo, Hokkaido and all the other prefectures for the study about Mental Maps of Japan. A survey made high school students in Nagano Prefecture answer each name of the prefectures pictured on white map was conducted. It provided with the percentage of “right”, “wrong”, and “no” answers according to the prefectures. Considering each distribution map of those data can be found spatial characteristics about the knowledge of them.The results are summarized as follows:1) The prefectures are located at the ends of the country, for example, Hokkaido, Okinawa prefecture, and so on are known very well. The knowledge of them are fixed or stable.2) The prefectures near Nagano prefecture regarded as familiar places, for example, Niigata prefecture and Gunma prefecture are known very well. But all prefectures near that may not necessarily be known. By way of example Yamanasi prefecture and Gifu prefecture can be found.3) Some prefectures are known well, for example, Tokyo and Osaka, are distributed separately.4) The prefectures are located halfway between above-mentioned prefectures and Nagano prefecture are not known much. Spacial distribution of knowledge of them presents uncontinuous distribution in the form of mosaic.5) The prefectures are dotted on the triangular-graph used three index, the percentage of “right”, “wrong”, and “no” answers are distributed continuously. And the author considers it means the development of knowledge about them.