Identifying Obstacles to Incorporating Ocean Content into California Secondary Classrooms

Autor/in	Stock, Jennifer
Titel	Identifying Obstacles to Incorporating Ocean Content into California Secondary Classrooms
Quelle	(2010), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Teachers; Barriers; Oceanography; Marine Education; Marine Biology; Interviews; Secondary School Curriculum; Teacher Attitudes; Questionnaires; Middle School Teachers; Standards; Educational Principles; Teaching Conditions; Educational Environment; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ozeanografie; Meeresbiologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Fragebogen; Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Standard; Bildungsprinzip; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Kalifornien
Abstract	The ocean is the dominant feature on this planet that makes all life on Earth possible. Marine educators and scientists across the country have identified essential principles and concepts that define what an "ocean literate" person should know, but there is a lack of comprehensive ocean content coverage in secondary classrooms across the United States. In California, limited ocean content standards exist in the primary grades, and diminish in the secondary grades. The main purpose of this study was to examine obstacles for secondary (grades 6-12) teachers to teach about the ocean in California public schools. Interviews were conducted with five teachers with professional development in ocean related curricula, to identify their personal obstacles to including ocean content in their classrooms. Obstacles identified ranged from high stakes testing to lack of time, but not a perceived lack of importance. Three appendixes are included: (1) Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Concepts; (2) Sample of ocean knowledge questions asked in public opinion survey by the Ocean Project in 1999; and (3) Interview Questions. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10