Ocean Literacy Competency : What Competencies Do Students Need Regarding Alignments with the Sea?
This study aims to map the ocean literacy competency needs through a competency needs assessment. The method used in this research is a survey. This research involved 116 respondents, namely junior high school teachers in the Riau Archipelago Province ...
Juwintar Febriani Arwan, Mohammad Ali
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Water education, ocean literacy and arts integration
Life below water, as well as at waters, is threatened due to human activity that has caused global warming. As UNESCO stresses, “the time to learn and act for our planet is now”. This article reports on a literature review of existing action research on
Tone Pernille Østern +6 more
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Marine Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes among University Students in Hong Kong: An Application of the Ocean Literacy Framework. [PDF]
In this study, we assessed the general marine environmental knowledge and attitudes of university students from eight public universities in Hong Kong.
Mallick D, Tsang EPK, Lee JC, Cheang CC.
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Disseminating STEM Subjects and Ocean Literacy through a Bioinspired Toolkit. [PDF]
Over the last decade, education has been evolving to equip students with the fundamental skills required to cope with the challenges of sustainability and inclusivity, such as quality education, access to clean water, cultural heritage preservation and ...
Costa D, Screpanti L, Scaradozzi D.
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Impact of the citizen science project COLLECT on ocean literacy and well-being within a north/west African and south-east Asian context. [PDF]
Plastic pollution is both a societal and environmental problem and citizen science has shown to be a useful tool to engage both the public and professionals in addressing it. However, knowledge on the educational and behavioral impacts of citizen science
Severin MI +24 more
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Research trends and content analysis of ocean literacy studies between 2017 and 2021
Ocean literacy (OL) refers to the ability of citizens to understand and explain the concepts and phenomena related to the oceans, and leads them to positive behavioral change for the protection and sustainability of the oceans.
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Ocean literacies: the promise of regional approaches integrating ocean histories and psychologies [PDF]
The current concept of ocean literacy reflects a prerequisite for achieving ocean sustainability. Existing ocean literacy reflects a fundamentally western view of oceans that works in tension with ocean literacy goals.
Kathleen Schwerdtner Manez +2 more
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Diving into a sea of knowledge: empowering teachers to enhance ocean literacy in primary schools through an ocean education training program [PDF]
Despite the opportunity to integrate ocean literacy in schools, there is limited global evidence that learning about the ocean has been prioritised in formal educational systems. An overloaded curriculum, teacher’s lack of ocean knowledge and the limited
Cátia Freitas +3 more
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A Change of Mind: Applying Social and Behavioral Research Methods to the Assessment of the Effectiveness of Ocean Literacy Initiatives [PDF]
Assessment of environmental literacy and ocean literacy focus on increasing knowledge and awareness. The goal of ocean literacy initiatives is ultimately to enable behavior change (whereby citizens take direct and sustainable action) to achieve ...
Matthew Ashley +3 more
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Ocean literacy research community: co-identifying gaps and priorities to advance the UN Ocean Decade
IntroductionThe overarching goal of the UN Ocean Decade is to “change humanity's relationship with the ocean.” While this may be a challenge, it is, at the same time, a once in a generation opportunity. How can 8 billion people, including those who don't
Jen McRuer +3 more
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