The Change We Need for the Ocean We Want - Ocean Literacy with Schools
A course designed to enhance teachers' ability to communicate and teach about the ocean while making more informed decisions.
This online course aims to increase teachers' capacity to communicate and teach about the ocean and make more informed decisions. It also seeks to enhance the role of teachers and educators as multipliers of this capacity, increasing the ability of students and school communities to transform knowledge into practical changes in behavior and attitude.
The course approaches Ocean Literacy from the multi-perspective viewpoint enshrined by UNESCO and is part of Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality Education), 6 (Drinking Water and Sanitation), 12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production), 13 (Climate Action) and 14 (Protecting Marine Life) of the 2030 Agenda, and the challenges of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
This course contributes directly to SDG 14 - Target 7 - Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship, and to challenges 9 - Skills, knowledge, technology and participation for all and 10 - Restoring society's relationship with the ocean of the Decade of the Ocean.
The course will provide knowledge and tools for the classroom, promoting critical thinking and a deeper understanding of the ocean. It aims to raise awareness of our daily relationship with the ocean and the impact of our behaviours on its sustainability.
It is hoped that the students' experience will be transferred and adapted to formal educational contexts. This course is an action endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
Seats are limited (60), and the application deadline is March 14, 2025.
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