Fostering Marine Science and Environmental Literacy Through Marine Education Activities in Science Museum

Yu-Hung Wang, Yi-Chen Chen, Jia-Ru Liou, Tzu-Hsiang Ger

2022

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand changes in marine science and the environmental literacy of Taiwanese people through the use of questionnaires after their participation in marine education activities held by science museums, so as to further explore the effect of these activities. The results of this study showed that in terms of marine knowledge, although the correct answer rate of the knowledge items increased clearly after participation in marine education activities, this increase did not reach a level of significance. This indicates that the respondents already had a considerable understanding of basic marine knowledge, such as the development and application of marine resources and how to prevent marine pollution. The marine attitude variables and behavioral intention variables showed a significant increase after participating in marine education activities, indicating the marine education activities conducted in science museums are quite effective and could indeed improve individuals’ marine science and environmental literacy.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wang Y., Chen Y., Liou J. and Ger T. (2022). Fostering Marine Science and Environmental Literacy Through Marine Education Activities in Science Museum. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment - Volume 1: ISWEE; ISBN 978-989-758-639-2, SciTePress, pages 29-34. DOI: 10.5220/0011888300003536

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iswee22,
author={Yu-Hung Wang and Yi-Chen Chen and Jia-Ru Liou and Tzu-Hsiang Ger},
title={Fostering Marine Science and Environmental Literacy Through Marine Education Activities in Science Museum},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment - Volume 1: ISWEE},
year={2022},
pages={29-34},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011888300003536},
isbn={978-989-758-639-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment - Volume 1: ISWEE
TI - Fostering Marine Science and Environmental Literacy Through Marine Education Activities in Science Museum
SN - 978-989-758-639-2
AU - Wang Y.
AU - Chen Y.
AU - Liou J.
AU - Ger T.
PY - 2022
SP - 29
EP - 34
DO - 10.5220/0011888300003536
PB - SciTePress