Pacific Ocean Literacy for Youth, Publics, Professionals and Scientists (Polypps)

夏威夷大学系统和加州海洋科学卓越教育中心（COSEE CA）的海洋科学教师和教育工作者提议开展一项新的合作，将COSEE CA的“传播海洋科学”（COS）和“向非正式受众传播海洋科学”（COSIA）课程扩展到中太平洋地区。这个新项目，即青年、公众、专业人员和科学家的太平洋扫盲（POLYPPS），将以夏威夷为基地。它将重点培训教育工作者和科学家，以便在一系列文化背景下有效地向多民族人口传播海洋科学。POLYPPS由夏威夷大学马诺阿分校（UHM）海洋与地球科学与技术学院（SOEST）领导，与广泛的合作伙伴合作，包括大学、社区学院、研究机构、专业协会、水族馆、博物馆、社区组织、政府机构和私营公司。合作伙伴主张，海洋科学教育应包括教授学生应用海洋素养概念，并利用基于探究的学习，不仅改善他们自己的生活，而且改善他们所在的地方、国家和全球社区。POLYPPS与COSEE CA合作的主要目标反映了COSEE网络整合海洋科学研究和教育的使命。知识价值：POLYPPS将与研究人员、教育工作者和一系列社区合作伙伴建立一个网络，为(1)夏威夷的年轻人（K-16学生）和公众，包括夏威夷大量的全年流动旅游人口，建立海洋素养；（二）从事海洋业务的专业人员；(3)从事海洋研究的科学家。我们将根据我们的岛屿环境调整和实施COSEE CA COS和COSIA课程。更广泛的影响：这些课程的培训和教学将在正规和非正规教育、研究、传统文化习俗和公共活动之间建立联系。在三年的时间里，POLYPPS将帮助教育工作者采用情境化的、基于地点的方式来吸引学生参与STEM课程。POLYPPS的长期目标是建立一个合作网络，将海洋研究和教学与传统知识联系起来，促进所有海洋使用者积极参与管理和政策。POLYPPS的主要活动将是：b[1]与COSEE CA的工作人员合作组织一个培训研讨会，在夏威夷培训一个专业骨干来教授COS/COSIA课程；[2]在夏威夷大学系统中组织COS/COSIA作为学分或非学分课程，面向：(a)参加GK-12课程的研究生和其他对教育感兴趣的研究生，以及可能考虑从事教育事业的海洋科学社区学院学生；(b)职前和在职K-12教育工作者；(c)非营利组织、水族馆、博物馆和政府教育机构的非正式教育工作者；(d)与海洋有关的企业、酒店和旅游经营者；开发新的课程组成部分，整合夏威夷的资源，包括独特的传统文化习俗和海洋政策，当前对生态系统的研究与当地和区域社区特别相关，以及示范课程材料。

Ocean sciences faculty and educators in the University of Hawaii system and the Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence California (COSEE CA) propose a new collaboration to extend the COSEE CA courses Communicating Ocean Sciences (COS) and Communicating Ocean Sciences for Informal Audiences (COSIA) to the Central Pacific region. The new project, Pacific Ocean Literacy for Youth, Publics, Professionals and Scientists (POLYPPS), will be based in Hawaii. It will focus on training educators and scientists to effectively communicate ocean sciences to a multi-ethnic population within a range of cultural contexts. Lead by the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), POLYPPS is a collaboration with a broad set of partners, including universities, community colleges, research institutes, professional societies, aquariums, museums, community organizations, governmental agencies, and private companies. The partners advocate that education in the ocean sciences should involve teaching students to apply ocean literacy concepts and use inquiry-based leaning to improve not only their own lives but also their local, national, and global communities. The primary objective of the POLYPPS collaboration with COSEE CA reflects the COSEE network's mission of integrating research and education in the ocean sciences. Intellectual Merit: POLYPPS will engage researchers, educators and a range of community partners in a network that builds ocean literacy for (1) Hawaii's youth (K-16 students) and public, including Hawaii's substantial, year-round transient tourist population; (2) professionals working in ocean-related businesses; and (3) scientists engaged in ocean research. We will adapt and implement the COSEE CA COS and COSIA courses for our island setting. Broader Impacts: The training for these courses and the teaching of them will create relationships to bridge formal and informal education, research, traditional cultural practices, and public activities. During the three-year period, POLYPPS will help educators employ contextual, place-based ways to engage students in STEM courses. POLYPPS' long-range goal is to build a collaborative network that connects ocean research and teaching with traditional knowledge to facilitate active engagement in stewardship and policy by all ocean users. The main activities of POLYPPS will be: [1] Organize a training workshop in collaboration with COSEE CA staff that will train a cadre of professionals in Hawaii to teach the COS/COSIA courses; [2] Organize both COS/COSIA as either credit or non-credit courses throughout the University of Hawaii System for: (a) graduate science students participating in GK-12 programs and other graduate students with an interest in education and for community college students in ocean sciences who may consider a career in education; (b) pre-service and in-service K-12 educators; (c) informal educators in non-profit organizations, aquaria, museums, and government educational agencies; and (d) ocean-related businesses, hotels, and tour operators; and [3] Develop new course components that will integrate Hawaii resources, including unique traditional cultural practices and ocean policies, current research on ecosystems of particular relevance to local and regional communities and exemplary curriculum materials.