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，提高学校社区的海洋和水知识，并为使命的目标做出贡献，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。ProBleu认识到，需要在环境教育方面进行重大改革，以促进对海洋和沃茨的广泛社会责任，并鼓励相关的行为改变。ProBleu将开发和提供一个基于开放式教育方法的创新，实用资源库。除了促进、鼓励参与和增加网络多样性的若干行动外，ProBleu还探索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”的活动有关的活动，由教育工作者与社区共同开展工作，以促进科学发展，培养广泛的科学心态，或鼓励民主参与，它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，确保学生活动直接有助于培养他们的海洋和水知识。学生参与科学家的工作（例如通过直接互动，或跟踪海洋研究巡航的工作）在过去的学习中有所改善，但这种机会往往限于相对较少或特权学校。这些资源将通过促进人与其居住地之间的联系得到补充。通过促进学校社区与当地沃茨之间的关系，ProBleu将协助学校开展与使命有关的项目活动。

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.