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Development of the International Ocean Literacy Survey: measuring knowledge across the world

By Geraldine Fauville, Craig Strang, Matthew A. Cannady and Ying-Fang Chen

Abstract:
The Ocean Literacy movement began in the U.S. in the early 2000s, and has recently become an international effort. The focus on marine environmental issues and marine education is increasing, and yet it has been difficult to show progress of the ocean literacy movement, in part, because no widely adopted measurement tool exists. The International Ocean Literacy Survey (IOLS) aims to serve as a community-based measurement tool that allows the comparison of levels of ocean knowledge across time and location. This article demonstrates results from the second round of field testing.

Recommended Citation:
Fauville, G., Strang, C., Cannady, M. A., & Chen, Y.-F. (2019). Environmental Education Research, 25(2), 238–263.

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2018.1440381

Year: 2019

Topics:

  • Ocean Literacy

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