What Teachers Should Know for Effective Marine Litter Education: A Scoping Review

Marine litter has had a huge impact on the marine environment and the socio-economic activities that depend on healthy oceans. All members of the community must play their part to address marine litter. Teachers are agents of change that are capable of encouraging pro-environmental practices among t...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-04, Vol.14 (7), p.4308
Main Authors: Ahmad-Kamil, E. I., Syed Zakaria, Sharifah Zarina, Othman, Murnira
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beaches
Community
Consumption
Content analysis
Education
Environmental education
Environmental impact
Impact analysis
Knowledge
Marine debris
Marine environment
Marine pollution
Oceans
Students
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Teachers
Teaching
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:Marine litter has had a huge impact on the marine environment and the socio-economic activities that depend on healthy oceans. All members of the community must play their part to address marine litter. Teachers are agents of change that are capable of encouraging pro-environmental practices among the community that will reduce environmental issues, including marine litter. However, teachers were found to have limited knowledge regarding ocean literacy and marine pollution. A scoping review was conducted to identify various aspects of content knowledge related to marine litter education that has been recently conducted for school teachers and students. Web of Science, Scopus and ERIC databases were searched for articles published in English between 2015 and 8 July 2021. Fourteen peer-reviewed articles were selected for this study and were subjected to content analysis. Topics related to marine litter were frequently addressed. Meanwhile, topics related to teaching Environmental Education/Education for Sustainable Development (EE/ESD) were the least addressed. Benthic marine litter, solutions to marine litter and the introduction of new types of marine litter were identified as topics that need to be addressed in future marine litter education. This study lists content knowledge based on previous literature and identified the gaps, which will be useful for teachers to improve their knowledge and implement effective marine litter education in school.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14074308