open access

https://doi.org/10.14943/J.HighEdu.21.41

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/56832

大学による地域住民への環境学習実践の成果と課題 : 「地球の調べ方・ワークショップ」を事例に

Achievements and Issues in University Endeavors to Familiarize Community Residents with Environmental Studies : Case Study of “Workshop of SHIRABEKATA on Earth”

日本語

2014-03

北海道大学高等教育推進機構

Journal of Higher Education and Lifelong Learning

21

41-58

This report considers the significance of learning opportunities furnished by university researchers to community residents through lifelong learning and social education research outreach activities. The subject is a case study concerning the “Workshop of SHIRABEKATA on Earth” (Workshop on How to Examine the Earth), which the Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University has continued to hold since 2011. The workshop is an extension course for community residents. University researchers planned this workshop with the express purpose of participant learning. As a result, at least 25% of the participants are familiar with the theme of each session and with the research being conducted based on their learning at the workshop. The learning processes, achievements and feedback of the community residents participating in the workshop provide the researchers, who also act as lecturers, with new perspectives on their own research. A well-planned research outreach activity such as this is useful as an initial step for a university functioning as a Center of Community (COC) because it helps the university and researchers establish a new relationship with community residents. To achieve this, those engaged in university research outreach activities must understand that such activities provide learning opportunities for community residents. They must also improve their competencies in planning and implementing outreach activities. At the same time, regional supporters of life-long learning organizations need to recognize research outreach activities as new occasions for learning. Furthermore, universities need to function as COCs in cooperation with regional learning supporters to create learning opportunities for community residents.

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1341-9374

AN10527626