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Challenging Greek Primary Students' Knowledge of Ocean Acidification Using the Carbon Cycle Context
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Theodora Boubonari; Despoina-Niovi Papazoglou; Athanasios Mogias; Theodoros Kevrekidis – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of an intervention on primary school students' construction of knowledge on ocean acidification and the development of their systems thinking. Eighty-five 11 to 12-year-old students from five different classes of two public primary schools in Greece participated in the 8-h…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Oceanography, Public Schools
Collective Intelligence for Advancing Ocean Literacy
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McCauley, Veronica; McHugh, Patricia; Davison, Kevin; Domegan, Christine – Environmental Education Research, 2019
Ocean literacy is an understanding of the ocean's influence on us and our influence on the ocean. A lack of ocean literacy presents a significant obstacle for citizens to engage in environmentally sustainable behaviour, and thus is acknowledged as a 'complex problem' that requires deliberative participation and joint-action by stakeholders across…
Descriptors: Marine Education, Intelligence, Oceanography, Participatory Research
Primary School Students' Awareness about Cetaceans in Greece
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Giovos, Ioannis; Moutopoulos, Dimitrios K.; Charitou, Anastasia; Gonzalvo, Joan – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2020
In Greece, research about Environmental Education in elementary schools is scarce and geographically limited. A total of 1,157 questionnaires focused on the marine environment and, especially, on cetaceans (dolphins and whales), were conducted among 5th and 6th grade primary school students from 25 Greek towns. Results revealed that the awareness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Elementary School Students, Wildlife
Examining the Presence of Ocean Literacy Principles in Greek Primary School Textbooks
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Mogias, Athanasios; Boubonari, Theodora; Kevrekidis, Theodoros – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
This study aims to add to the mapping of the presence of ocean sciences issues in national curricula and textbooks worldwide, investigating the inclusion of ocean literacy principles and their fundamental concepts in Greek primary science textbooks according to the Ocean Literacy Framework. Content analysis was implemented in both textual and…
Descriptors: Oceanography, Marine Education, Geography Instruction, Environmental Education
Pupils' Environmental Awareness of Natural Protected Areas: The Case of Zakynthos Island
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Martinis, Aristotelis; Kabassi, Katerina; Dimitriadou, Constantina; Karris, Georgios – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
This study presents the results of a questionnaire-based survey, conducted in primary and secondary public schools of Zakynthos Island during 2013, referring to environmental awareness as well as pupils' perceptions and attitudes on specific environmental issues. The main aim of the study was to determine the knowledge and awareness that local…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Natural Resources, Questionnaires, Student Surveys
Measuring Ocean Literacy in Pre-Service Teachers: Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Survey of Ocean Literacy and Experience (SOLE)
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Markos, Angelos; Boubonari, Theodora; Mogias, Athanasios; Kevrekidis, Theodoros – Environmental Education Research, 2017
The aim of the present study was to respond to the increasing demand for comprehensive tools for the measurement of ocean literacy, by investigating the psychometric characteristics of a Greek version of the Survey of Ocean Literacy and Experience (SOLE), an instrument that assesses conceptual understanding of general ocean sciences content,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Oceanography, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics