Naslov
Educating teachers for ocean literate society - starting Ocean Literacy in Croatia

Autori
Mokos, Melita ; Vican, Dijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
European Marine Science Educators Association, Conference handbook / - , 2015

Skup
European Marine Science Educators Association Conference, EMSEA 2015

Mjesto i datum
Heraklion, Grčka, 09.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
ocean literacy ; education ; teachers professional development

Sažetak
Croatia is a country with over 6000 km of coast, and marine surface of more than 31000 km2. This data indicates Croatia's strong connection to the sea. Adriatic sea is of a priceless value to Croatia and its citizens which are strongly oriented towards the sea mostly through tourism and fisheries. While living in the times of great coastal pressure, climate change, ocean acidification, low carbon economy etc., there is a need to bring the knowledge about the ocean-human relationship to the citizens, with the emphasis on children, as our future leaders, to better understand the changes in the nature, the bond between ocean's health and human health and the environmental changes that affect human population. At the University of Zadar there is an initiative to start the program of marine science education of preschool and school teachers based on the ocean literacy principles. This program would qualify and train teachers to follow ocean literacy principles and to apply those principles through their teaching. Also, the program would enhance teachers' professional development. Ocean literate teachers would be able to transfer the knowledge about the sea to their students and make them more ocean literate. The idea of this educational program is to educate teachers through different subject courses and to elaborate the activities which they would use in everyday work (experiments, demonstrations, etc. ). These activities aim to induce curiosity among children, to motivate and encourage them to ask questions about the environment and answer them by using scientific methods. Additionally, the teachers would have a chance to connect with the natural science community and perceive marine biology research by connecting with the University marine biology scientists group. The goal of this educational program is to give the ocean knowledge to our preschool and school teachers who will forward that knowledge to younger generations.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Pedagogija

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