Coastal and Marine Environmental Education

Abstract

This book provides a broad overview of how the promotion of ocean and coastal literacy is being planned, applied and evaluated in Brazil, a country of continental dimensions with a great diversity of cultural, educational and social realities. It discusses a range of target groups, from children to adults; formal and informal strategies; and various promoting players, such as groups/institutions. Researchers representing Brazilian academic institutions and NGOs share their environmental education (EE) experiences in Brazil and describe the main concerns regarding the marine and coastal environments as well as how they are addressing these concerns in their EE projects. This book is of interest to anyone who is looking for ways of designing and implementing EE activities with a robust theoretical background in different socio-cultural scenarios. 1. The importance of "ocean literacy" in the Anthropocene and how environmental education can help in its promotion -- 2. Environmental education policies applied to marine and coastal environments in Brazil : gaps and challenges -- 3. Integration of marine and coastal geo-biodiversity in environmental education through earth system science and social learning approaches -- 4. Integrating emerging pedagogies and technologies in environmental and formal basic education -- 5. Evaluation of environmental education activities -- 6. Emblematic coastal and marine environmental education projects in Brazil -- 7. Opportunities and challenges to implement environmental education in Brazilian coastal and marine protected areas -- 8. Didactic materials as resources for the promotion of coastal and marine environmental education.