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Publisher: Intellect
Date: 12-2021
DOI: 10.1386/JSPC_00029_1
Abstract: Ocean-themed picture books are important educational resources that promote marine science literacy. At the same time, these picture books also carry messages about gender to child readers. Through an analysis of 100 ocean-themed informational and narrative non-fiction picture books, the authors uncover various ways in which ideas about gender are communicated to child readers, whether in relation to human or animal characters or animals with human traits and qualities. The article tests the hypothesis that marine science picture books educate children about gender in traditional, normative and binarized ways. The findings suggest that marine science picture books are male-dominated, with narrow, often stereotyped gender roles ascribed to both human and sea animal characters. Despite a male-dominated presence, the authors describe ways in which contemporary picture books might begin to fill the gaps in erse gender representation in this genre.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 27-09-2022
DOI: 10.1017/AEE.2022.40
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-10-2023
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-06-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S10583-023-09534-Y
Abstract: Children’s literature about the ocean is a valuable learning tool for increasing ocean literacy in formal education. This instruction is, nonetheless, reliant on teachers’ capacity to explore, appreciate and understand the different ways in which elements of picture books convey ocean concepts. As researchers who work collaboratively in marine science education and children’s literature, we analysed a targeted s le of picture books about a largely unknown temperate reef system on the southern coastline of Australia, the Great Southern Reef. Our exploration of these picture books' verbal and visual strategies showed how they can be used as model ex les of scientifically accurate educational resources to deliver ocean concepts, increase awareness of a local marine environment, and promote positive attitudes towards science. The portrayal of scientists, particularly female scientists in these texts can also expand children’s perceptions and beliefs about who scientists are and how they work, and ultimately impact young people’s career choices. We argue that the analysis modelled in this article can be adapted to different selections of ocean-themed picture books. Therefore, we provide recommendations for educators in other regions of the world choosing picture books to improve ocean education in the context of other local marine environments.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2006
DOI: 10.1071/MF05078
Abstract: Hormosira banksii is distributed throughout southern Australasia, but dispersal of propagules is thought to be limited. In the present study, the hypothesis that outbreeding depression occurs in H. banksii was tested by assessing fertilisation success and early development of embryos in crosses between populations at local to regional spatial scales. Hierarchical experiments were conducted at three spatial scales with nesting present within each scale: small scale (within a rocky shore population), intermediate scale (regions separated by 70 km) and large scale (450-km separation between two states: Victoria and Tasmania). In each experiment, eggs and sperm were crossed within and between each population located in the spatial scale of interest. There were no consistent patterns of variable fertilisation success and subsequent development within a population or at different spatial scales. It was concluded that outbreeding depression is not detected in analyses of fertilisation success or early development processes in H. banksii. The results suggest one of the following to be likely: (1) H. banksii is capable of longer distance dispersal than previously considered, thus maintaining gene flow between distant populations, (2) gene flow is restricted by limited dispersal, but populations have not been isolated for a sufficient length of time to cause genetic ergence or (3) outbreeding depression is manifested as effects on later life-history stages.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2009
DOI: 10.2216/08-96.1
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 03-02-2023
Abstract: Under the water, along the southern coastline of Australia, lies the Great Southern Reef—a reef that many people have never heard about. The water is colder than that of tropical reefs and instead of being built by corals, it is mainly formed by a specific type of brown seaweed known as kelp. Just like trees on land, kelp grow and cover large areas, forming underwater forests that are home for many kinds of fish, molluscs, crustaceans, and seaweed species. However, the Great Southern Reef is facing serious threats, mainly because of rising ocean temperatures. When the seawater becomes too warm, kelp can disappear, endangering the marine creatures that live in the reef ecosystem. It is difficult to protect something if people do not know it exists! This is why we need to raise awareness of how valuable this reef is. Can you help us spread the word?
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 17-06-2021
DOI: 10.1017/AEE.2021.4
Abstract: Marine science picture books have the capacity to shape what young people know and how they think about ocean environments and marine bio ersity. Despite academic scholarship on marine science literacy broadly, relatively little has been done to study the role of picture books in teaching children about this topic. This paper is an attempt to fill that gap, by analysing 100 ocean-themed books against common marine science concepts and the Australian Science Understanding Curriculum streams. A majority of the 100 books analysed were found to link with marine science and the Australian Science Understanding Curriculum (81% and 91%, respectively) where biological concepts were dominant in both cases. Chemical and physical sciences were underrepresented in the 100 books analysed. The study provides ex les of books that can be used for teaching marine education in primary schools in Australia and suggest further inquiry into marine science literature for children.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 30-06-2022
DOI: 10.3389/FMARS.2022.883524
Abstract: Globally, ocean health has become critically compromised due to compounding negative human impacts. Marine science education can play a key role in raising collective understanding of the vulnerability of marine environments and the importance of their protection, and this may best begin with integration of ocean literacy in schools. Previous research shows that K-12 students worldwide have a limited understanding of the ocean. This lack of familiarity with the ocean has been linked to the absence of topics related to marine science in most national school curricula. Teachers are the ultimate arbiters deciding whether and how to include these topics in their classes. However, the extent to which marine science may be currently being taught in formal education is still unknown. We used the Australian public school system as a case study to investigate the marine science teaching practices of primary school teachers (Foundation – Grade 6), through an online survey. Our results indicate that while teachers value the importance of ocean education from a young age, most of them rarely or only occasionally cover marine science topics in their lessons. Teachers cited increased levels of marine science knowledge and a greater availability of ocean-related educational resources linked to the school curriculum as key areas for improvement in ocean education practices. This study highlights the importance of formal marine science education in primary education, along with the need for professional development opportunities for teachers.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2016
DOI: 10.1016/J.MARPOLBUL.2017.02.012
Abstract: As coastal population growth increases globally, effective waste management practices are required to protect bio ersity. Water authorities are under increasing pressure to reduce the impact of sewage effluent discharged into the coastal environment and restore disturbed ecosystems. We review the role of benthic macroalgae as ecosystem engineers and focus particularly on the temperate Australasian fucoid Hormosira banksii as a case study for rocky intertidal restoration efforts. Research focussing on the roles of ecosystem engineers is lagging behind restoration research of ecosystem engineers. As such, management decisions are being made without a sound understanding of the ecology of ecosystem engineers. For successful restoration of rocky intertidal shores it is important that we assess the thresholds of engineering traits (discussed herein) and the environmental conditions under which they are important.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2023
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
Date: 30-11-2010
DOI: 10.3354/MEPS08843
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-2008
DOI: 10.1111/J.1529-8817.2008.00563.X
Abstract: Drifting, fertile thalli are well documented to be the primary long-distance dispersal vector for many marine macroalgae, but little information about reproductive viability of drift is known. This study examined the reproductive viability and longevity of floating fragments of the intertidal Australasian fucoid Hormosira banksii (Turner) Decne. Beach wrack surveys and field experiments were conducted to test the model that long-distance dispersal is achieved in H. banksii via floating, fertile fronds. High densities of beach wrack fragments were evident during summer compared to autumn. The majority of beach wrack occurred on sandy beaches rather than rocky shores. Both male and female fragments were present in the beach wrack. Detached fronds were capable of releasing gametes up to 8 weeks after detachment. Beach wrack produced high fertilization rates and recruited successfully onto artificial panels. Results suggest that detached fragments are reproductively viable and that floating, fertile fronds may be an important mechanism for facilitating long-distance dispersal in this species. Nevertheless, the frequency of fronds reaching a suitable habitat and contributing to gene flow between populations, or colonizing new populations, may not be proportional to the total density of beach wrack.
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