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Exemplary Practices in Marine Science Education

A Resource for Practitioners and Researchers

  • First international book on marine science education and ocean literacy

  • Addressing researcher and practitioner issues in marine science and ocean literacy education

  • Valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in both science and education

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Ocean Literacy in the Twenty-First Century

      • Géraldine Fauville
      Pages 3-11
  3. Practitioner

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Educating with Data

      • Liesl Hotaling, Janice McDonnell, Carrie Ferraro, Kate Florio, Sage Lichtenwalner
      Pages 207-223
    3. Out of the Tower and into the Classroom: Marine Science Graduate Students as K-12 Classroom Contributors

      • Carol Hopper Brill, Lisa Lawrence, Sarah McGuire Nuss, Celia Cackowski, Kristen Sharpe
      Pages 241-255
    4. The Virtue Project and the Biofilms and Biodiversity Project: An International Collaboration in Marine Science Education

      • J. Adam Frederick, Susan Gotensparre, Dan Jacobs, Björn Källström, Mikael Olsson
      Pages 257-287

About this book

This edited volume is the premier book dedicated exclusively to marine science education and improving ocean literacy, aiming to showcase exemplary practices in marine science education and educational research in this field on a global scale. It informs, inspires, and provides an intellectual forum for practitioners and researchers in this particular context. Subject areas include sections on marine science education in formal, informal and community settings. This book will be useful to marine science education practitioners (e.g. formal and informal educators) and researchers (both education and science).


Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Géraldine Fauville

  • University of Connecticut, Groton, USA

    Diana L. Payne

  • Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, USA

    Meghan E. Marrero

  • Department of Education, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Annika Lantz-Andersson

  • Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, United Kingdom

    Fiona Crouch

About the editors

Géraldine Fauville  

Department of Education, Communication and Learning, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden

Diana L. Payne                   

University of Connecticut, Connecticut Sea Grant, Groton, CT USA

Meghan E. Marrero           

Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, Y, USA

Annika Lantz--Andersson

University of Gothenburg, Department of Education Communication and Learning, Göteborg, Sweden

Fiona Crouch      

Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, Devon, UK


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exemplary Practices in Marine Science Education

  • Book Subtitle: A Resource for Practitioners and Researchers

  • Editors: Géraldine Fauville, Diana L. Payne, Meghan E. Marrero, Annika Lantz-Andersson, Fiona Crouch

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90778-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90777-2Published: 17 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08097-6Published: 19 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90778-9Published: 28 June 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 452

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Science Education, Coastal Sciences, Oceanography

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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