Promoting ocean and water literacy in school communities

ProBleu将扩大和支持欧洲蓝色学校网络，吸引各种各样的新成员，提高学校社区对海洋和水的认识，并为特派团的目标作出贡献，特别是(1)保护海洋和淡水生态系统和生物多样性，(2)防止和消除污染。《问题》认识到需要在环境教育方面作出重大改变，以促进对海洋和水域的广泛社会责任，并鼓励有关的行为改变。ProBleu将根据开放学校的方法开发并提供一系列创新的实用资源。除了若干促进、鼓励参与和增加网络多样性的行动外，《问题》还探讨了目前大多数学校课程缺乏的两种资源：(1)与统称为“公民科学”有关的，即教育工作者与社区共同开展的工作，以推进科学，培养广泛的科学心态，或鼓励民主参与，从而使社会能够理性地处理复杂的现代问题；(2)与该领域科学家的互动。通过公民科学收集和分析数据，确保学生的活动直接有助于培养他们的海洋和水素养。过去，学生参与科学家的工作（例如，通过直接互动，或跟随海洋研究游轮的工作）已经显示出学习上的进步，但这种机会往往仅限于相对少数或特权学校。这些资源将通过刺激人们与他们居住的地方之间的联系来补充。通过促进学校社区与其当地水域之间的关系，ProBleu将协助学校发展与特派团有关的项目活动。

ProBleu will expand and support the Network of European Blue Schools, attract a wide diversity of new members, improve ocean and water literacy across school communities, and contribute to the objectives of the Mission, in particular (1) to protect marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity, and (2) to prevent and eliminate pollution. ProBleu recognises that a significant change in environmental education is needed to foster broad societal responsibility towards oceans and waters and to encourage related behavioural change. ProBleu will develop and offer a pool of innovative, practical resources based on methodologies of Open Schooling. Besides several actions to promote, encourage participation in, and increase the diversity of the Network, two resources, currently lacking from the majority of school curricula, are explored in ProBleu: (1) those related to what is collectively known as ‘citizen science’, with work undertaken by educators together with communities to advance science, foster a broad scientific mentality, or encourage democratic engagement, which allows society to deal rationally with complex modern problems, and (2) the interaction with scientists in the field. Collecting and analysing data through citizen science ensures that student activities contribute directly to fostering their ocean and water literacy. Students engaging with the work of scientists (e.g. through direct interaction, or following the work on ocean research cruises) have shown improvements in learning in the past, but this opportunity tends to be limited to relatively few or privileged schools. These resources will be complemented by stimulating the connection between people and the places where they live. By fostering relationships between the school communities and their local waters, ProBleu will assist schools in developing project activities related to the Mission.