NGO/University partnership to educate general public about the Baltic marine environment Svyatoslav TYURYAKOV Stefan HANSEN Stefan HANSEN Evgeny MOROZOV.

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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

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• 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

Thank you!

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