Marine Education Collaborated with the Local Communities Using the Two Stages of Active Learning

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  • 2段階のアクティブラーニングを用いた地域社会と連携した海洋教育
  • 2 ダンカイ ノ アクティブラーニング オ モチイタ チイキ シャカイ ト レンケイ シタ カイヨウ キョウイク

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The marine education for children and teenagers is absolutely imperative for the recruitment of the next generation of oceanographers and science of fisheries researchers. In recent years, the interests of the younger generations lie far away from ocean and marine recreation. We decided to develop new interactive marine educational programs for the younger generations to increase their interest in the ocean. We have developed and applied educational programs using two stages of the active learning method to students of primary school and high school in Uwajima city, which is the most active city for aquaculture in Japan. We have collaborated with several local communities, such as NPOs, high schools, research laboratories, and local governments, to develop the educational programs. At the first stage of active learning, the high school students learn and think about the specialties and environmental problems regarding the ocean based on the interactive educational programs by oceanographers. At the second stage, the high school students develop their own original educational programs for the primary school students and teach the children by themselves. After the education programs, the interest of the primary school students in the ocean and marine organisms increased due to the joyful and kind teaching by the high school students. The interest of the high school students was also increased by their deep learning of oceanography for teaching the children. We successfully constructed a local marine educational network by collaborating with the local communities. For application of the educational programs to several local classrooms, we developed a DVD summarizing the teaching materials and it contains explanatory movies of each program by the high school students. We hope the students who experienced the marine educational programs will be the next generations of oceanographers and science of fisheries researchers.

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  • Bulletin on Coastal Oceanography

    Bulletin on Coastal Oceanography 55 (1), 11-15, 2017

    Coastal Oceanography Research Committee, the Oceanographic Society of Japan

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