植物園의 敎育的 機能과 冠岳樹木園 生命의 나무敎室

Abstract

This study was conducted to analyze the status on the educational roles of Arboretum and to introduce the overall procedure of class of Tree for life held at Kwanak Arboretum during the period July - August, 1992. And also, questionnaire survey was carried out to understand the problems in this program and children's recognition about the tree. The results obtained from this study were as follows; I. One of the essential roles of botanical gardens and arboreta is to educate the students and general public. Thus various educational programs on nature and trees must be prepared. 2. In Korea, because the National Kwangnung Arboretum have many gardens and forest museum, many students and people visit this place. However, this arboretum has not provided educational programs for them. Kwanak arboretum of Seoul National University offered class of the Tree for life for having elementary school students learned about nature and trees in 1992. 3. The respondents attending this program for learning nature showed 45.58% with their first trials and replyed that tree study course was most useful program, attending impression was good(64.7 %) and the rest room was most inconvenient. 4. To improve programs, specialists, management cost, facilities, development of various programs and traffic quidance must be considered. 5. The elementaty school students' favorite trees were Pinus densiflora, Robinia pseudoacacia. Hibiscus syriacus and specially boys favored fruit tree such as chestnut and apple tree and girls did beautiful trees in shape, color and flower such as Zelkova and maple trees. 6. The Korean children have mainly planted the trees less than five(40.71%) or none(34.96%) in house(46.26%) with parent(72.11%) and generally the school did not provide practical opportunities for planting and learning nature and trees.