Ryotaro Urai
project.1
koyasan workshop
Planning and Practice of “Furusato Learning” in Koya Town 2022
Action research / 2022 / KOYASAN
Since 2020, I have been working on practical research on town development learning at a municipal junior high school in Koya Town, Wakayama Prefecture. His research theme is "analysis of the role of 'town development learning' practice in elementary and secondary education in co-creation town development", and he is conducting research with an interdisciplinary approach based on action research in actual educational settings. . In the action part, at a municipal junior high school in Koya-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, where Koyasan Kongobu-ji Temple is located, in collaboration with teachers, we are working on the planning and implementation of "town development learning" that is assumed to be learned in the three years of junior high school. . In the research part, along with analyzing the process of planning and implementing community development learning, we conducted a questionnaire survey of students after classes were held and interviews with teachers and local residents to find out about the learning programs and implementation methods of each year. We are considering it from a comparison of reactions of local residents. As a result, the ideal program for the implementation of community development learning and its issues were sorted out.
Implementation process of hometown learning
Koya-cho has a world heritage site and is famous as a tourist destination. Under these circumstances, Koyasan Junior High School, the only junior high school in Koya Town, has been working on "hometown learning" during the comprehensive study period with the aim of establishing love for the hometown. From 2020, town development learning was introduced as part of this “hometown learning”. In the first year, it will be implemented as a proposal-oriented program in which the results of learning are compiled and presented over the course of the year, and in the 2021 academic year, the learning process will include opportunities for regional cooperation through interaction and collaboration between students and local stakeholders. , It was implemented as a grade-by-grade program, assuming continuous learning of community development throughout the three years of junior high school. In the 2022 academic year, it was implemented as a program of inter-grade collaboration projects, assuming that all grades of junior high school will jointly form multiple project teams and be continuously involved in community development activities.
Step 1: Examination of research themes
After 30 students worked on creating a mind map, they followed the procedure of sharing their thoughts on the attractions and issues of Koyasan on a monitor. After that, they were divided into six groups and examined research themes for proposing the future of the town that makes use of the people, industries, and space of Koya Town.
Step2: Fieldwork
In order to understand the "attractiveness and issues of Koyasan" and "what we want for the future" by local residents, the students held 12 classes for about 100 minutes (breakdown: 1 class jointly for all first-year students, 5 times for 1st-year students, 4 times for 2nd-year students, 1 I worked on fieldwork for 2 years). The author proposed candidate sites based on the research themes of each group in Step 1, and 13 target sites were selected by teachers and students (Kongobu-ji Temple, carpenter "Onoue-gumi", cypress bark roofing). Craftsman ``Cypress bark house'', Japanese confectionery shop ``Sazanami'', vegetarian restaurant ``Hanabishi'', Kakuhama sesame tofu shop, paper craftsman ``Washi no Kai'', paper craftsmanship ``koubou2466 (Nishimuroin)'', Nankai Electric Railway line value creation section・Guest house “kokuu”, Koya Town Board of Education, tourism town development organization “DMC Koyasan”) will conduct interviews with local residents. After conducting a survey for each grade, the students created an A1 panel summarizing the interview content and shared the information with all grades.
Step 3: City Future Concept
Students worked on group work to draw a future image of the town. The content is divided into 3 themes freely set by the students, and based on the information collected in the fieldwork, the idea of community development that utilizes the people, industries, and space of Koya-cho is examined. At that time, time was set aside to receive advice on making proposals from local residents according to the requests of the students.
Step4：Presentation of future concept and exchange of opinions
The students created the structure and scenario of the presentation, put the final result on A1 size imitation paper, and presented it to the local residents at the new annex of Kongobu-ji Temple. After the presentation of the future concept, about 30 minutes were set aside for an exchange of opinions with local residents. The final product was exhibited at the Koya Town Tourist Information Center for about three months.
STEP4 まちづくり政策の提言・意見交換
人が集まりやすい場所でポスターセッション形式の意見交換会を実施することを企画し，高野山大師教会中講堂で開催した。生徒らは社会実験プロジェクトの内容と成果，そしてまちづくり提案を発表したあと、保護者や小学生，町長，町議会議員，まちづくりに関心のある住民ら総勢約60名と議論した。1年生の生徒らが社会実験プロジェクトで制作した謎解きガイドブックに対しては，町長からデジタルパンフレットとして展開する提案を受けた。2年生の生徒らが提案した「中学生と大人がコラボして、伝統の継承と革新を融合したまちづくりを進めていきたい」という提案に対しては，町議会議員から「議会と子どもがコラボしたまちづくりプロジェクトに取り組まないか」という提案が持ちかけられた。
Step4：Presentation of future concept and exchange of opinions
The students created the structure and scenario of the presentation, put the final result on A1 size imitation paper, and presented it to the local residents at the new annex of Kongobu-ji Temple. After the presentation of the future concept, about 30 minutes were set aside for an exchange of opinions with local residents. The final product was exhibited at the Koya Town Tourist Information Center for about three months.