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Article

Characteristics of Students Who Frequently Conduct Plant Observations: Toward Fostering Leaders and Supporters of Fixed-Point Observation of Forests

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Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8568, Japan
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Nagaoka Institute of Design, 4-197, Senshu, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata 940-2088, Japan
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Education Division, The Japanese Supplementary School in Luxembourg, 15, Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Forests 2018, 9(6), 328; https://doi.org/10.3390/f9060328
Submission received: 17 April 2018 / Revised: 30 May 2018 / Accepted: 3 June 2018 / Published: 5 June 2018
(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Abstract

In order to foster leaders and supporters of fixed-point observation for sustainable forest management, it is considered effective to focus on students who have demonstrated potential for fixed-point observations of forests in the universal education stage. This study aims to identify the characteristics of students who frequently conduct plant observations, which is the basis for the fixed-point observation of forests, including methods involving photography. We conducted a questionnaire survey, which consisted of 19 questions that provided insight into junior high school students’ experiences, opportunities, and interests related to plant observation. We compared students who have conducted plant observations with those who have not, using Fisher’s exact test and multiple comparisons using the Benjamini and Hochberg method. The ratio of students who frequently conducted plant observations was significantly higher among female students than male students, and their characteristics differed by gender. The significant characteristics of male students included farm work experience and niche hobbies such as camping and lighting a bonfire, as well as using digital single-lens reflex cameras for photography; female students had relatively niche hobbies such as enjoying science. Students who increased the frequency of plant observations after the lecture about fixed-point observations of forests had an inclination toward social studies and tended not to use a smartphone for photography.
Keywords: forest education; fixed-point observation; plant observation; long-term perspectives forest education; fixed-point observation; plant observation; long-term perspectives

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Nakamura, K.W.; Fukumoto, R.; Horie, Y. Characteristics of Students Who Frequently Conduct Plant Observations: Toward Fostering Leaders and Supporters of Fixed-Point Observation of Forests. Forests 2018, 9, 328. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9060328

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Nakamura KW, Fukumoto R, Horie Y. Characteristics of Students Who Frequently Conduct Plant Observations: Toward Fostering Leaders and Supporters of Fixed-Point Observation of Forests. Forests. 2018; 9(6):328. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9060328

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Nakamura, Kazuhiko W., Rui Fukumoto, and Yuta Horie. 2018. "Characteristics of Students Who Frequently Conduct Plant Observations: Toward Fostering Leaders and Supporters of Fixed-Point Observation of Forests" Forests 9, no. 6: 328. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9060328

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Nakamura, K. W., Fukumoto, R., & Horie, Y. (2018). Characteristics of Students Who Frequently Conduct Plant Observations: Toward Fostering Leaders and Supporters of Fixed-Point Observation of Forests. Forests, 9(6), 328. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9060328

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