Introducing the Perspective of Deep Ecology in Secondary Science to Enhance Students' Well-Being and Awareness of Nature

Autor/in	Yamamoto, Yoko
Titel	Introducing the Perspective of Deep Ecology in Secondary Science to Enhance Students' Well-Being and Awareness of Nature
Quelle	In: School Science Review, 102 (2021) 381, S.37-42 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6811
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Secondary School Science; Secondary School Students; Natural Resources; Ecology; Ethics; Cultural Influences; Conservation (Environment); Health; Foreign Countries; Biodiversity; Identification (Psychology); Student Attitudes; Metacognition; Self Actualization; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Sekundarschüler; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Ökologie; Ethik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Gesundheit; Ausland; Biodiversität; Schülerverhalten; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung
Abstract	This article describes the evaluation of a teaching programme in Japanese secondary science classes, which introduces the perspective of deep ecology, reflecting the traditional Japanese view of nature. The study found that meditative activities in nature promoted students' sense of identifying with nature, with an underpinning factor of 'self-realisation', and that students who had previously identified with nature were more likely to engage with deep meditative questioning. By encouraging students to consider the relationship between people and nature, from a scientific perspective but also from an environmental ethics perspective based on traditional Japanese views of nature, students' environmental ethics and physical and mental health could all be improved. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01