ngo/university partnership to educate general public about the baltic marine environment svyatoslav...
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NGO/University partnership NGO/University partnership to educate general public to educate general public
about theabout theBaltic marine Baltic marine
environmentenvironment
SvyatoslavSvyatoslav TYURYAKOVTYURYAKOV
StefanStefan HANSEN HANSEN
EvgenyEvgeny MOROZOVMOROZOV
The problem
Universal concern to preserve the ocean
• Formulated, e.g. by IOC
• Perceived by few public
Local boundary conditions• The Baltic Sea
– Small– Densely inhabited– Intensively
exploited– Fragile
• Level of awareness– Decrease of
awareness from W-SW to NE
Acting forces
• Museums• Aquaria• Science
centres• Universities• Schools• NGOs
Betterawarenesslevel
Proposed solution
NGO/University partnership
• NGO: Hohe Tied e.V.(Kiel)
• University: RSHU(St Petersburg)
Early days of the partnership
• Personal connections do matterFeb. 2002 Center for Applied Ecology (Sillamäe,
Estonia) proposes Hohe Tied to cooperate with a RSHU group, based on Centaurus-II
• Context of a larger event may helpJun. 2002 Centaurus-II participates in Kiel Week
Jun. 2003 Partnership strengthens, taking full
Jun. 2004 advantage of Kiel Week
Early days of the partnership• Kiel Week
Process• 2 cruises (4 h) a day in Kiel Bight• Brief theory on the Baltic Sea• 2 sampling points (‘dirty’ & ‘clean’)• All information in plain language
Target Group• General public (groups of pupils,
families, etc.)
Outcome•Very positive and strong feedback from the target group
Feature: Feature: combination of• university knowledge• NGO approach• scale of the sailing event
Man and Sea
• Educational concept– Ideals of education for sustainable
development– Active role of a pupil in educational process– Higher efficiency of learning in contact with
subject
• Handbook– 11 scientific chapters (theory + practice)– 3 chapters on organisation and team-work– Connection points between topics– Stimulation of understanding the ecosystem
Going across the Baltic
• Learn2care– Bringing ‘Man and
Sea’ to Russia (2008)
– Testing of ‘Man and Sea’ by local educators
– Appreciation and willingness to continue
Learn2care
Hohe Tied e.V.Coordination Centre
RSHUWebpage
RIC-Zelenogorsk
RIC-St Petersburg
RIC-Sillamäe
RIC-Lomonosov
RIC-Primorsk
ap t i i p a n sr tc
• 2008– 9 days of work in the Gulf of
Finland on Centaurus-II– 123 local teachers participated– Organisational structure set up
• 2009– Adaptation of
‘Man and Sea’ to conditions of the eastern Gulf of Finland
Learn2care
• 2010– Focus on teachers : in-depth training of
30 teachers with participation of 150 pupils
– Expedition toolbox: providing teachers with instruments to work within ‘Man and Sea’
– Formal education program: encouraging local teachers to use ‘Man and Sea’
Acknowledgements
• Lighthouse Foundation (Kiel)for supporting the practical part of Learn2care
• Russian State Hydrometeorological University (St Petersburg)
for supporting the ‘Man and Sea’ adaptation to conditions of the eastern part of the Gulf of
Finland
