Principle of Outdoor Education Using the Concept of “Fudo, or climate”
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- HIJIKATA Kei
- Asia University Faculty of Law
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 風土概念により再解釈された野外教育の原理の明文化
- フウド ガイネン ニ ヨリ サイカイシャク サレタ ヤガイ キョウイク ノ ゲンリ ノ メイブンカ
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Abstract
<p>This study considers “Fudo, or climate” a key concept in the reinterpretation of the concept of yagai, from the perspective of outdoor education practice, and attempts to stipulate the principles regulating outdoor education. First, the author undertook a critical examination of the well-known Japanese climate scholar Watsuji Tetsurō’s concept of “Fudo.” The results indicated the author interprets Kameyama’s definition‐ “the total integrated relationship between people in a collective society and living nature in a specific geographic space” ‐as comprehensive descriptions of the general sense of the reinterpretation of outdoor education. A concrete description of climate based on Kameyama’s definition was thus adopted, and an attempt to stipulate the principles of outdoor education was made. Finally, the following concrete description was obtained. </p><p>I. In outdoor education practice, attention must be paid to “Fudo, or climate”. </p><p>I-1. Physical interactions (physical experiences and the act of physically going outside) must be preserved. </p><p>I-2. The nature of the region (the venue of practice) must be understood and considered as living nature. </p><p>I-3. Collectivity and collective relationships in the local community and interaction between people and nature must be understood and managed appropriately. </p><p>I-4. Integration and physical interaction between the people and nature of the region must be understood and managed appropriately. </p>
Journal
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- Japan Outdoor Education Journal
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Japan Outdoor Education Journal 20 (1), 1-11, 2016
JAPAN OUTDOOR EDUCATION SOCIETY
