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The Effects of School Forests on Mental Health and Cognition of Elementary Students (초등학교 내 학교숲 조성이 아동의 인지·정신건강에 미치는 효과)

  • Choi, Seon Hye;Lee, Yeonhee;Lee, Yoon Joo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.108 no.4
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    • pp.655-662
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    • 2019
  • The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of school forests on the cognition and mental health of elementary school students. Data were obtained through the surveys of sixth graders in an elementary school in Seoul that took part in the School Forest Project run by Korea Post, the Korea Forest Welfare Institute, and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. Students were surveyed before and after the creation of green spaces in their schools, and changes in their environmental sensitivity, attitude toward forests, depression, anxiety, and aggression were analyzed. The findings indicated that the creation of green spaces showed significant effects on the students in terms of encouraging them to strengthen their environmental sensitivity, helping them develop more positive attitudes toward forests, and reducing anxiety and physical aggression, which are the subfactors of aggressive behavior. In other words, creating school forests had positive effects on cognition and mental health, reduced bad behavior, and improved attitudes toward nature in children. The findings of this study are significant in that they reinforce the requirement of school forests by indicating the positive effects of school forests on children's cognition and mental health.

Development and Application of a Forest Education Program Using the ADDIE Model

  • Kim, Soyeon;Kim, Jiwon;Choi, Jungkee
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.243-254
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    • 2020
  • This study was conducted to develop a forest education program through middle school curriculum linkage. We used the ADDIE model, comprising the five phases of Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation, to secure the objectivity of the program. In the Analysis phase, middle school textbooks were analyzed while considering middle school students' needs for curriculum linkage and the developmental stages of adolescents. The Design phase focused on promoting an understanding of curriculum subjects based on what was reviewed in the Analysis phase and concretized and organized a program that can be implemented in the forest, with a focus on science and physical education, based on the results of middle school students' needs. We also established the objectives and goals of curriculum linkage forest education, established the concept of the program, and selected the educational contents, teaching-learning methods, and evaluation methods. In the Development phase, we developed a 2-night, 3-day program linkage with the middle school curriculum and created a manual for instructors and a workbook for students. In the Implementation phase, we revised and supplemented the program through the first test operation with 24 students in their second year of middle school, after which, we carried out a six-session program for the 2-night, 3-day as the second test operation with 17 students in their second year of middle school. In the Evaluation phase, the program was evaluated by the students who participated in the second test operation using questionnaires on satisfaction and curriculum linkage understanding as well as rating scales for attitudes toward forests and environmental sensitivity. The results showed that middle school students showed positive significance in satisfaction and understanding of the middle school curriculum as well as attitudes toward forests and environmental sensitivity through the forest education program.

Residents' Attitudes toward Recreation Forest Development (휴양림(休養林) 개발(開發)에 대한 지역주민(地域住民) 태도(態度) 분석(分析))

  • Song, Hyung Sop;Kim, Sei-Cheon;Jeon, Kyung-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.87 no.3
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    • pp.415-421
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study is to ascertain the local residents' attitudes toward adjacent recreation forest development sites. 20 items of residents' attitudes were designed from previous tourism impact studies. For this study, two recreation forest areas were selected. In 1995, a total of two-hundred and four local residents were interviewed in their villages near the two recreation forests. A 5-point Scale was used to record the answers. Most respondents were concerned about two negative impacts of the recreation forests development : small economic gains for the residents and damage to the local environment. There were significant differences in certain socioeconamic characteristics of the respondents. Specially, significant differences were identified between the variables of income or non-income from visitors and residence length. Results indicate that recreation forests development may not be perceived as positive as hoped by the government. Further research needs to be conducted on the impacts of present and projected recreation forest development at the local level.

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A Study on the Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Forest and Aggression in Young People (아동의 숲에 대한 태도와 공격성의 관계분석에 관한 연구)

  • Son, Ji Won;Ha, Si Yeon;Kim, Jae Jun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.102 no.1
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    • pp.74-81
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    • 2013
  • Research has shown that attitudes of young people toward forest and the relationship between the attitudes and aggression in the forest. Results from factor analysis on forest attitude scale of young people showed two factors; enjoying the forest, importance and usefulness of forest. Based on the comparison of two means(factors) young people recognized that forest was important and had to be protected but, little perceived as interesting. Also this study showed that the forest attitude was negatively correlated with aggression, especially in physical and verbal aggressive behavior.

Residents' Attitudes toward Natural Environment and Perceptions on Recreation Forest Development (지역주민(地域住民)의 자연환경태도(自然環境態度) 수준(水準)이 휴양림(休養林) 개발(開發) 지각(知覺)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Song, Hyung Sop
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.88 no.2
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    • pp.205-212
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    • 1999
  • The purposes of this study were to investigate the influence of local residents' nature environment attitudes to recreation forest development impact perceptions and to examine application possibility of nature environment attitude to resolution information of recreation forest management conflicts. 30 items of residents' perceptions and opinions were designed from previous tourism impact studies. The new environmental paradigm(NEP) was used to measure local residents' nature environment attitudes. In October 1995, 204 questionnaires were obtained from interview survey in local residents' villages near two recreation forests. Generally most local residents perceived low economic effects and negative environment impacts for recreation forest development. Nature environment attitude levels were significant differences due to socioeconomic variables of local residents, specially high in age, education level and influenced their perceptions toward recreation forest development impacts. The results suggested that the nature environment attitudes could be provided a useful referential framework in resolution of recreation forest management conflicts.

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The Understanding of the Forest Campers' Attitudes and Their Self-Actualization in Relation to Quality of Forest Resources (야영객(野營客)의 삼림자원(森林資源)에 대한 심리자세(心理姿勢)와 자아실현(自我實現))

  • Shin, Won Sop
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.82 no.2
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    • pp.107-121
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    • 1993
  • This study examines whether or not forest campers' self-actualization, that is the tendency for a person to become actualized in what he or she perceived to be his or her own potential, and their attitudes toward nature were related to quality of forest areas where they visited. People were sampled in three Ontario Provincial Parks in Canada from September of 1988 to August of 1989. From a total of 138,317 campers, 540 were sampled randomly to collect data. People sampled ranged in age from 15 to 75 years with a mean of slightly over 37. They were highly educated. A majority of them resided in urban or suburban areas. Campers' level of self-actualization and their nature attitudes were highly correlated with forest area quality in both perceived or subjective and objective measures. Their self-actualization scores were also highly correlated with their attitudes toward nature. However, there was no significant relationships among campers' self-actualization, attitudes toward nature, and quality of forests where they camped when they were treated simultaneously.

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Study on the Attitudinal changes of the Korea Forest Service Employees toward New Forest Resource Management Paradigm : 1993-2006 (신 산림자원관리 패러다임에 대한 태도변화 연구 - 한국 산림청 공무원을 대상으로 -)

  • Kim, Yong-Ha;Kim, Se-Bin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.97 no.3
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    • pp.237-248
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    • 2008
  • Recently the social movement which emphasizes the new balanced relationships between human and its environment has been arisen. In the field of forestry also the new paradigm which requires to manage forest resources in a sustainable way has been issued. Furthermore forest policy environment in Korea has been rapidly changed. The Forest Law era lasted over 40 and more years was ended and the new Forest Basic Law era which emphasizes the sustainable forest management just started in 2006. Under these circumstances this study explored the attitudinal changes of the Korea Forest Service employees, who have strong influence in forest policy making and implementing, on the multiple use issues of national forests, the new environmental paradigm and resources management paradigm between 1993 and 2006. The study results indicate that there are no significant differences on attitudes and beliefs between the staff and line employee groups. But there are attitudinal changes between 1993 and 2006 groups. Generally the KFS employees favored using national forest lands for the timber production and recreational uses, but they did not favor the livestock forage and mineral development. The KFS employees have pro-environmental attitudes and beliefs. On the other hand they perceive the KFS policy position is more toward commodity production or neutral.

Socio-Economic Variables and Attitudes of Forest Owners toward Cooperative Management (협업경영(協業經營)에 대(對)한 산주태도(山主態度)와 사회경제적변수(社會經濟的變數))

  • Cho, Eung Hyouk
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.53 no.1
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    • pp.56-61
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    • 1981
  • Total 183 private forest owners in Chungnam-Do were surveyed in order to analyse the attitudes toward cooperative forest management and to find out the relationship of the attitudes with such socio-economic variables as owners' socio-economic status(SES), age and educational level. Major findings of the study are summarized as follows:- 1. Only 17.5 percent of the owners regards the cooperative management as a desirable alternative for the management of private forests. Significant difference of their attitudes is recognized only among the classes of the educational level. 2. About one-third of the owners wishes to participate to a cooperative, if established. The owners' intention of participating is positively related to the degree of S.E.S. and educational level, but negatively associated with that of age variable, and the differences among the classes of all variables are significant at the 0.01 or 0.05 levels. 3. More than half of the owners desires to have limited cooperatives, in which the members themselves manage their forest land with some management aspects being handled by the cooperative such as procurement of seedlings, protection measures, and marketing. The difference of responses among the classes of educational level is significant at the 0.01 level. 4. The owners, who agree with the idea of voluntary membership in the cooperative, are about 45 percent of the total. Significant difference is found only among the classes of the S.E.S. variable. 5. Nearly 60 percent of the owners wants to have self-help cooperative organizations. Significant difference of responses is recognized only among the classes of the age variable.

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