Underwater Photo-Elicitation: A New Experiential Marine Education Technique

Autor/inn/en	Andrews, Steve; Stocker, Laura; Oechel, Walter
Titel	Underwater Photo-Elicitation: A New Experiential Marine Education Technique
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 34 (2018) 1, S.60-33 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
Schlagwörter	Photography; Water; Marine Education; Experiential Learning; Mixed Methods Research; High School Students; Adults; Program Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes; Attitude Change; Ecology; Consciousness Raising + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fotografie; Wasser; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Ökologie; Bewusstseinsbildung
Abstract	Underwater photo-elicitation is a novel experiential marine education technique that combines direct experience in the marine environment with the use of digital underwater cameras. A program called Show Us Your Ocean! (SUYO!) was created, utilising a mixed methodology (qualitative and quantitative methods) to test the efficacy of this technique. Participants (adults and high school students) snorkelled, explored the ocean, and captured images both in and out of the water. Underwater photo-elicitation was proven effective at increasing awareness, eliciting emotional reactions, and fostering a sense of connection to the ocean. However, it was not necessarily effective for raising awareness of environmental issues nor for motivating pro-environmental behaviour. Interestingly, while some attitudes about and behaviours toward the ocean did become more environmentally sensitive, others appeared to shift unexpectedly away from environmental concern. This result was perhaps due to the lack in the program of an ecological knowledge-based component. Participants enjoying the beauty of the ocean did not realise the threats facing it or what to do about these. If the goal is to achieve significant attitude change and cultivate pro-environmental behaviour, this new approach should be supplemented with critical thinking/action competence and ecological/ocean literacy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01