Whereas forestry education is designed for training professional foresters, cultural forestry is intended to educate lay people about forests. Cultural forestry education can be defined as an education through which people can acquire information and ...
Whereas forestry education is designed for training professional foresters, cultural forestry is intended to educate lay people about forests. Cultural forestry education can be defined as an education through which people can acquire information and knowledge about forests and apply them as a means of problem solving and decision making with regards to the issues on natural environment. Cultural forestry education is intended to nourish new thinking and values required for the harmonized between nature and human beings. In addition, cultural forestry education is to interpret the various functions and values of forests, and is a medium to redefine the meaning and value of forests which have been severely contaminated by industrialization and materialism, and to deliver them to general public in an easy language. Cultural forestry education can be classified into three categories : as a life-long education for general public, formal education for grade school students, special program for professions who might undertake teaching various cultural forestry education courses. Main audience for cultural forestry is general public and students at various levels. The purpose of cultural forestry education is to enhance the understanding of general public on forests, mountain villages, and forestry, to overcome ecological illiteracy created by environmental problems and materials, and to contribute to detect the national identity of our own culture. This paper also looked into the text books of grade school in order to figure out the contents and directions of cultural education under formal education system and concluded with some suggestions for improvement.