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Poster Short Abstract

This poster presentation focuses on analysis how the citizen science as open schooling method contributes to ocean and water literacy in European schools. Poster presents conceptual frameworks on how to measure ocean and water literacy, including citizen science element.

Poster Abstract

Ocean and water literacy among children and adolescents is essential for fostering informed environmental stewards and supporting long-term conservation goals. Literature presents several conceptual frameworks on how to measure ocean and water literacy (Fauville et al., 2019, McKinley et al., 2023). The widely accepted framework to measure ocean and water literacy, developed by Fauville et al. (2019), is based on 7 major principles such as (1) Earth has one big ocean with many features; (2) The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth; (3) The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate (4) The ocean makes Earth habitable; (5) The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems; (6) The ocean and humans are inextricably linked; (7) The ocean is largely unexplored. ProBleu (2024) introduced a modification of McKinley’s et al. framework, extending it to freshwaters. This framework is used to assess ocean and freshwaters literacy of schoolchildren in the ProBleu project. ProBleu (“Promoting ocean and water literacy in school communities”) is an EU Research and Innovation Funding Programme “Horizon Europe” funded project (Project No. 101113001), that aims to develop and offer educational resources and tools around the knowledge of aquatic ecosystems, based on Open Schooling methodologies. This poster presentation focuses on analysis how the citizen science as open schooling method contributes to ocean and water literacy in European schools.