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Author : Carl Myron Stepath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)
Download or read book Coral Reefs as Sites for Experiential Environmental Education written by Carl Myron Stepath and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl Stepath
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783659344862
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (448 download)
Download or read book Coral Reefs - Australian Sites for Learning Environmental Education written by Carl Stepath and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coral reefs are critical for biodiversity, food habitats and as tourist destinations, but they are in serious decline around the world. Humans are a major cause of this problem. Here we explore high school students' educational reef experiences with respect to specific learning outcomes. Students were surveyed and interviewed as they were trained in coral reef ecology and monitoring in both the classroom and at various sites in the Great Barrier Reef. The Three A's of Coastal and Marine Studies (Marine Education Society of Australasia) are awareness, attitudes and action. This presupposes a learning situation where a gain in knowledge (awareness) will lead to a change in attitude, and thereby improve positive personal actions toward marine environments. This research analyses the link between the knowledge-attitude-action variables in relation to the effect of direct reef experience. This work addressed the question of proximal relations between humans and coral reefs. It brought together literature and techniques from varying disciplines to generate statistical findings, while student accounts confirmed the learning value of structured activities underwater as part of reef trips.
Author : Carl M. Stepath
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Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Reef Education Evaluation written by Carl M. Stepath and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: The Reef education evaluation: environmental knowledge and reef experience report concerns PhD research about marine education, and the investigation of learning with high school students and the effect of coral reef monitoring marine experiential education interventions. The effectiveness of classroom learning and reef trips were investigated, as well as strategies to enhance high school students' environmental knowledge towards coral reef sustainability. Purpose: The work evaluates an outdoor marine education project, and if students' learning outcomes were altered. It discusses techniques used to explore links between coral reef environmental knowledge and reef monitoring experience. Setting: The marine education research took place in Queensland high school classrooms and offshore sites in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia from August 2002 to November 2003. Study Sample: Survey data was collected exclusively from a convenience sample of high school students attending five Queensland coastal area schools. The sample was composted of 389 students from grades 11 and 12. Their mean age was 16.0, 39% female, with 57% of the high school students being enrolled in marine studies classes. Intervention: Changes in students' environmental learning outcomes were evaluated when visits to the reef are added to students' classroom curriculum, so the learning interventions were a classroom presentation and reef monitoring experience. Research Design: Quasi-experimental; Statistical Modeling; Statistical Survey; Qualitative; Interview. Control or Comparison Condition: The study compared results of four groups with differing interventions, including a contrast/control group, which participated in none of the interventions. Data Collection and Analysis: The data were collected with pre/post-test survey questionnaires and limited student interviews. The quantitative analysis included SPSS exploratory statistics, Spearman's rho, t-test, one-way ANOVA and comparison of means. The interview responses were collected in situ, after the coral monitoring exercise, and a total of 118 students were interviewed. Transcripts of student responses were sorted into thematic categories and analyzed. Findings: The process is described that investigates the relationship between, environmental knowledge, reef experience and student groups. This investigation compared the results from groups whose experiences varied. The students' mean environmental knowledge score was a low 4.87 correct out of 9 on the pre-test. Group 1, having a reef ecology classroom presentation and reef monitoring experience, had the most change in environmental knowledge and the highest post-test score, while Group 4 (contrast group with no educational interventions) had the lowest. Students who had previous reef experience performed higher on the knowledge pre-test. Previous reef experience was significantly correlated to original environmental knowledge and change in environmental knowledge. Structured interviews: 1) presented the voices of student participants; and 2) added to the quantitative study validity. The students' voices enabled recognition of transformations in learning, and development of critical thinking. Student perspectives created an understanding of the extent direct reef experience makes in achieving changes in environmental knowledge or an ecological vision. Conclusion: An investigation procedure found evident increases in environmental knowledge responses with marine experiential education and previous reef experience is presented. The empirical and interview data substantiated that students who had direct reef experience at outdoor coral reef sites showed the highest environmental knowledge scores. Previous experience at a coral reef had positive influences on student responses. The combination of a classroom presentation and reef visit had the highest positive effect on environmental knowledge, and the student interviews substantiate this finding. Showing underwater experiences of coral reefs change students' relations of proximity. Once a reef substrate has been monitored, the student subjectively feels a knowing of it. Reefs are physically located offshore and underwater, and far from land, conceived as far away. However, the experience of observing and recording brings a direct contact with the myriad living bodies creating a reef, thus creating a learning situation. "The space of relation", an imaginably conceived space between differing bodies, changes for student learners in this study. Citation: Stepath, C. M. (2005). Reef education evaluation: environmental knowledge and reef experience [Electronic version]. Presentation to National Marine Education Association Conference 2005, Maui, Hawaii, USA, July 14, 2005. Retrieved from http://saveourseas.org/stepath.htm. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.).
Author : Dr. Geetha Gopinath and Dr. K. P. Suresh
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 132967216X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Envireonmental Pedagogy : A Creative Approch written by Dr. Geetha Gopinath and Dr. K. P. Suresh and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl M. Stepath
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Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Coral Reef Education and Australian High School Students written by Carl M. Stepath and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational programs that focus on humans and their relationship to coral reefs are becoming necessary, as reef structures along the Queensland coast come under mounting ecological pressure. This paper reports on a PhD research project which investigated marine education and learning with high school students in coral reef environments along the Queensland coast of Australia. The study explored relationships between the learning outcome variables of environmental knowledge (awareness), attitudes and the ecological agency skills of students who were trained in coral reef ecology in a classroom setting along with a structured learning experience of reef monitoring in offshore sites along the Great Barrier Reef in 2002 and 2003. The research investigated the question of whether experiential marine education can change the reported environmental knowledge, attitudes and ecological agency of the student participants. Some key data outcomes are presented and implications for effective marine education strategies and pedagogies are discussed concerning outdoor education and the effects of taking the students on field trips to a coral reef. (Contains 6 figures.) [In: Proceedings of the Marine Education Society of Australasia 2004 Conference, Noosa, Queensland, October 2-3, 2004.].
Author : Bruce Prideaux
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134986041
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Coral Reefs: Tourism, Conservation and Management written by Bruce Prideaux and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities. However, coral reefs are under increasing threat from climate change and related impacts such as coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Other anthropogenic stresses include over-fishing, anchor damage, coastal development, agricultural run-off, sedimentation and coral mining. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to review these issues as they relate to the sustainable management of coral reef tourism destinations. It incorporates coral reef science, management, conservation and tourism perspectives and takes a global perspective of coral reef tourism issues covering many of the world’s most significant coral reef destinations. These include the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef in Australia, the Red Sea, Pacific Islands, South East Asia, the Maldives, the Caribbean islands, Florida Keys and Brazil. Specific issues addressed include climate change, pollution threats, fishing, island tourism, scuba diving, marine wildlife, governance, sustainability, conservation and community resilience. The book also issues a call for more thoughtful development of coral reef experiences where the ecological needs of coral reefs are placed ahead of the economic desires of the tourism industry.
Author : Edward J. Goodwin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113672527X
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book International Environmental Law and the Conservation of Coral Reefs written by Edward J. Goodwin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical coral reefs are important ecosystems. They are economically important to coastal communities living in predominantly developing countries, and also provide shoreline protection, catalyse land formation enabling human habitation, act as a carbon sink and are a repository for genetic and species diversity rivalling rainforests. In the face of mounting man-made pressure from pollution, climate change and over-exploitation, these ecosystems increasingly need action to be taken to ensure their conservation and long term sustainable development. International Environmental Law and the Conservation of Coral Reefs breaks new ground by providing the first in-depth account of the ways in which multilateral environmental treaty regimes are seeking to encourage and improve the conservation of tropical coral reef ecosystems. In so doing, the work aims to raise the profile of such activities in order to reinforce their status on the environmental agenda. The book also has wider implications for international environmental law, arguing that sectorial legal action, provided it remains co-ordinated through a global forum that recognises and reflects the inter-connections between all elements of the natural environment, is the most effective way for international law to enhance the conservation of certain habitats. This book will be invaluable to environmental lawyers, legal researchers, marine conservationists and other stakeholders in coral reefs.
Author : Carl Stepath
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Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Encouraging Proximal Relations written by Carl Stepath and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: This article concerns learning with high school students and the effect of snorkeling and coral reef monitoring at the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The effectiveness of classroom learning, student-reef relationships and reef trips were investigated. Purpose: This paper presents selected student accounts of reef educational experiences and identifies reported relations of proximity as a focus for analysis. The concept of proximity is important to environmental education when one declared aim is a "rediscovery" of our connections to the world around us. Setting: The marine education research took place in offshore sites of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia from August 2002 to November 2003. Study Sample: The student participants in this study were enrolled in either a Year 11 or Year 12 at one of four Queensland high schools, two Catholic high schools and two state high schools. Intervention: Students interview responses were collected in situ when visits to the reef are added to students' classroom curriculum. Research Design: Qualitative; Interview. Control or Comparison Condition: This paper presents selected student accounts of reef educational experiences and addresses how we experience learning and if it is affected by the places and spaces in which we learn. Data Collection and Analysis: The data were collected with limited student interviews collected after an outdoor coral reef monitoring exercise. Transcripts of student responses were sorted into thematic categories and analyzed. Findings: Results indicate that, as a result of their reef experiences, students talk different reef relations into being--positioning reefs as being nearer, less far away, and, therefore, in more need of attention and care. Interview data provide evidence to support the argument that outdoor and underwater learning experiences are a necessary part of education for marine sustainability. The pedagogical intention of the Queensland Studies Authority Marine Studies syllabus, which mandates for fieldwork, is confirmed by qualitative student accounts of their learning experiences. Conclusion: This study represents an original contribution to marine education research in presenting senior high-school student accounts of their learning experiences in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. These qualitative data do confirm the pedagogical intent of the Queensland Studies Authority Marine Studies syllabus that mandates field experiences as a necessary part of curriculum. This research provides evidence that experiential learning in coral reefs is considered of value by the students themselves and senior Marine Studies field work should continue to be supported by schools and education systems in Queensland. Citation: Stepath, C. M. & Whitehouse, H. (2006). Encouraging proximal relations: Queensland high school students go to the reef. In proceedings of NZAEE (New Zealand Association for Environmental Education) Conference, Turning Point. January 22-25, 2006, at University of Auckland. Auckland: New Zealand Association for Environmental Education. (Contains 1 table.).
Author : Sergio Rossi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030570541
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Perspectives on the Marine Animal Forests of the World written by Sergio Rossi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-06 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine Animal Forests (MAFs) are spread all over the world. Composed by suspension feeding organisms (e.g. corals, gorgonians, sponges, bryozoans, bivalves, etc.), MAFs constitute a vast number of marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, cold water corals, sponge grounds, bivalve beds, etc. The surface covered by these systems is prominent (at the scale of the oceans of the planet), though poorly known. In a previous book (Marine Animal Forests, the ecology of benthic biodiversity hotspots), several aspects of the MAFs were described and discussed, building the basis for a holistic approach with the aim of putting these shallow and deep sea ecosystems under a common umbrella. The main target of the present book is to identify and address important topics which were not covered in the previous three volumes. Bryozoans or Polychaeta, for example, are treated in this volume, as well as hydrothermal vents ecosystems and submarine caves, the chemical ecology in MAFs or the nursery effect on these ecosystems. The vastity of the MAF concept opens new insights in the biology, physiology, biodiversity of the organisms structuring these highly biodiverse ecosystems and on the dangers threatening them (such as microplastics or the role of invasive species as an impact of their trophic ecology or distribution). In a fast changing world, in which the complexity of MAFs is at risk, we propose an in-depth analysis of many aspects that may be inspirational for future research lines in marine biology and ecology.
Author : Marea Eleni Hatziolos
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821342350
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (423 download)
Download or read book Coral Reefs written by Marea Eleni Hatziolos and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The decline of coral ... if it continues ... will mark the end of one of the great beauties of creation and the end of a great hope that of discovering life forms hitherto unknown on the Earth ... Let us not forget that we are responsible to posterity for the preservation of the beauties of the sea as well as for those on land. We must learn how to make use of the biological and mineral resources of the oceans ... But we must also learn how to preserve the integrity and the equilibrium of that world which is so inextricably bound to our own." - Jacques Yves Cousteau, Excerpt from Life and Death in a Coral Sea, 1971 This book reports on the World Bank's 5th Annual Conference on Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, which focused on some of the most urgent threats facing coral reefs today, including the growing use of cyanide fishing along some of the richest reefs of the world, unsustainable trade in reef products, and constraints to effective establishment and management of marine protected areas. The proceedings stressed the need for strengthening the policy environment while adopting economic incentives and improved resource valuation techniques, informing management decisions through targeted research and monitoring, and rallying public support through environmental education and the media.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428927603
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Environmental education in the schools creating a program that works. written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030051382
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Coastal and Marine Environmental Education written by Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad overview of how the promotion of ocean and coastal literacy is being planned, applied and evaluated in Brazil, a country of continental dimensions with a great diversity of cultural, educational and social realities. It discusses a range of target groups, from children to adults; formal and informal strategies; and various promoting players, such as groups/institutions. Researchers representing Brazilian academic institutions and NGOs share their environmental education (EE) experiences in Brazil and describe the main concerns regarding the marine and coastal environments as well as how they are addressing these concerns in their EE projects. This book is of interest to anyone who is looking for ways of designing and implementing EE activities with a robust theoretical background in different socio-cultural scenarios.
Author : Paulo A.L.D. Nunes
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178643072X
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans written by Paulo A.L.D. Nunes and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trans-disciplinary thematic areas of oceans management and policy require stocktaking of the state of knowledge on ecosystem services being derived from coastal and marine areas. Recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially Goals 14 and 15 explicitly focus on this. This Handbook brings together a carefully chosen set of world-class contributions from ecology, economics, and other development science and attempts to provide policy relevant scientific information on ecosystem services from marine and coastal ecosystems, nuances of economic valuation, relevant legal and sociological response policies for effective management of marine areas for enhanced human well being. The contributors focus on the possible nexus of science-society and science-policy with the objective of informing on decision makers of the governmental agencies, business and industry and civil society in general with respect to sustainable management of Oceans.
Author : Yuri I. Sorokin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642800467
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Coral Reef Ecology written by Yuri I. Sorokin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coral reef communities are among the most complex, mature and productive ecosystems on earth. Their activity resulted in the creation of vast lime constructions. Being extremely productive and having the function of a powerful biofilter, coral reefs play an important role in global biogeochemical processes and in the reproduction of food resources in tropical marine regions. All aspects of coral reef science are covered systematically and on the basis of a holistic ecosystem approach. The geological history of coral reefs, their geomorphology as well as biology including community structure of reef biota, their functional characteristics, physiological aspects, biogeochemical metabolism, energy balance, environmental problems and management of resources are treated in detail.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309485355
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-05-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s, averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result of numerous problems, including habitat destruction, pollution, overfishing, disease, and climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions and the associated increases in ocean temperature and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have been implicated in increased reports of coral bleaching, disease outbreaks, and ocean acidification (OA). For the hundreds of millions of people who depend on reefs for food or livelihoods, the thousands of communities that depend on reefs for wave protection, the people whose cultural practices are tied to reef resources, and the many economies that depend on reefs for fisheries or tourism, the health and maintenance of this major global ecosystem is crucial. A growing body of research on coral physiology, ecology, molecular biology, and responses to stress has revealed potential tools to increase coral resilience. Some of this knowledge is poised to provide practical interventions in the short-term, whereas other discoveries are poised to facilitate research that may later open the doors to additional interventions. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs reviews the state of science on genetic, ecological, and environmental interventions meant to enhance the persistence and resilience of coral reefs. The complex nature of corals and their associated microbiome lends itself to a wide range of possible approaches. This first report provides a summary of currently available information on the range of interventions present in the scientific literature and provides a basis for the forthcoming final report.
Author : Carl M. Stepath
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Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Reefs and Learning written by Carl M. Stepath and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine education research designs are discussed, and student learning outcomes while monitoring a coral reef is evaluated. Changes in environmental knowledge and attitudes, ecological intention to act, and direct reef experience were investigated. Differences between student pre-test and the post-test responses were observed, and analysis is considered consisting of empirically generated results and student accounts. Environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes and intention to act were evaluated using a multi-method quasi-experimental design, and their affect by reef experience is investigated. Initial environmental knowledge scores were low and were most changed by a classroom presentation and reef monitoring trip combination, the reef learning experience elicited the largest positive shift in environmental attitudes as well as ecological intention to act, and students who had never been to the reef showed the greatest amount of change. This article reports on methodologies developed for evaluating marine education and investigating outdoor marine learning with Australian high school students. Research limitations are also discussed, and information is provided for researchers interested in evaluating education programs.(Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.).
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251042335
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (423 download)
Download or read book Forestry Policies in the Caribbean written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
