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Strategies to Promote Ocean Literacy in Public: The

Curriculum Design and Training Program for Marine

Educators in Taiwan

Yen-Ling Lin Wei-Lun Chang Chin-Kuo Wu Cheng-Chieh Chang
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1 Project Assistant Research Fellow, Taiwan Marine Education Center, National Taiwan Ocean University,
2 Project Assistant, Taiwan Marine Education Center, National Taiwan Ocean University,
3 Professor, Institute of Education, National Taiwan Ocean University
4 Professor, Institute of Education & Center of Teacher Education, National Taiwan Ocean University

ABSTRACT

The Taiwan Marine Education Center supports the development of national
marine education. It promotes the integration of marine education institutions and
supports marine education. The aim is to encourage primary teachers and marine
educators, to improve the necessary teaching skills and qualities of marine
大眾海洋 動策略 素養推 educators. To enhance the essential teaching skills and qualities of marine
educators, we will encourage more elementary teachers and educators to engage in
marine education. We establish a series of training courses for marine educators.
The TMEC develops inventory and compile the professional content and
knowledge required of marine educators, and develop and run the Green Level
(Beginner) and the Marine Educator Training Courses. The training course is for
Blue Level (Advanced) Marine Educators. This course is still under development

灣海洋教
與培
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訓機制之 and revision. Even, it has gradually improved the knowledge and skills of hundreds
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of in-service teachers and has been steadily implemented. This course is still under
construction and change. Again, it has continuously enhanced the knowledge and
skills of hundreds of teachers in the field of ocean education and has been gradually
implemented. In the cultivation of teacher-educator incubators. These marine
educators will promote marine education in the future steadily and extensively,
which will effectively enhance the ocean literacy of students and the whole
population.

Keywords: Marine education, teacher education, a community of practice.

* Corresponding author, E mail: changjac@email.ntou.edu.tw

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