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Spence, L. L.; Thomas, C. J.; Clair, J. J.; Olsen, M.; Strategies for Connecting Ocean Scientists to Educators, ASLO/TOS Ocean Research 2004 Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii

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SEACOOS educators made a presentation for the theme "COSEE: Enhancing the Broader Impacts of Ocean Science Research" at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography/The Oceanography Society Ocean Research 2004 Conference on February 18, 2004, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The abstract and citation follow.

Abstract

Of the many federal and state efforts to increase the connections between scientists and educators, the National Science Foundation's Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence are testing diverse models to provide sustained pathways for interaction. SouthEast COSEE, regionally targeting GA, SC and NC, is applying four strategies: (1) providing the summer workshop settings in which a selected group of science teachers hear presentations from ocean scientists and experience some of the research techniques on site in a marine laboratory over a week's time; (2) building a setting with different types of nonformal institutional facilities, such as aquariums and museums, where teachers and scientists meet for a day; (3) initiating dialogue with the ocean science research community to assist with NSF proposals in regard to Criterion Two; and, (4) developing an electronic newsletter where research topics are highlighted and also lead educators to Sea Grant publications.

Citation

Spence, L. L.; Thomas, C. J.; Clair, J. J.; Olsen, M.; Strategies for Connecting Ocean Scientists to Educators, ASLO/TOS Ocean Research 2004 Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii

Dr. Spence's presentation outlined the short and long-term benefits that cooperation between ocean sciences and educational institutions provides. Focusing on the efforts of SouthEast Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (SECOSEE), a network of seven regional centers that focus on connecting educational institutions with marine scientists and cultivating cooperation between the two, Dr. Spence outlined the eight major steps involved in creating a successful interface.

Those steps are:

  1. Inventory and Analyze Regional Ocean Science
  2. Develop Interface Opportunities
  3. Focus Efforts to Increase Diversity in the Workforce
  4. Align Activities with National and State  Science Education Standards
  5. Evaluate the Efforts
  6. Be a "Broker" for Regional and National Educational Programs of Excellence
  7. Provide Education Support for Ocean Science Initiatives.
  8. Communicate -- through the internet, publications, news letters, etc.

Dr. Spence's complete powerpoint presentation is available.

For more information, see the SEACOOS Outreach and Education Working Group.