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The consistency of the curriculum organization is not in line with the students’
heterogeneity and interests. Adding to this is the fact that the curriculum is
disjointed and fragmented, lacking coherence and sense of unity to prepare
motivated, aware and responsible citizens. This work refers to the potential
contribute that a Sea Curriculum, cross-sectional to the formal curriculum, might
fill in the gaps of the formal curriculum in its three school roles: instruction,
socialization and stimulation. Formal curriculum doesn’t contemplate the
opportunities that the Ocean can offer to our country and as such, it’s necessary to
spread and promote Portugal´s geographical consciousness, as well as its narrow
relation with the sea. The research follows a study case - the implementation of the
Sea Curriculum in a private school in a region clearly connected to sea matters. Our aim was to study the objectives, organization, processes and effects on
learning and results with the introduction of this curriculum and also the
difficulties and consequences of its implementation.
In this study we had the contribution of students from elementary, junior high
school and high school, the school administration, pedagogical board, teachers,
parents and guardians, as well as researchers.
We used a qualitative methodology, using documental analysis, semi-structured
interviews, class-observation and practical activities, in order to get to the
conclusions we needed to improve the implementation of the curriculum.
The results lead us to conclude that this curriculum implementation was
considered a capital-gain by the educational community and a project with
potential to prepare well- informed and responsible citizens.
Nevertheless, our current educational system complicates its introduction among
teachers with a more traditional or conservative way of facing the teaching-learning
process.
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Ocean literacy Curriculum organization Citizenship Sea Curriculum
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Pinto, P., Matias Alves, J. (2017). Um currículo construído em torno do mar: génese, desenvolvimento e potencialidades de um projeto. In J. Machado, C. Palmeirão, I. Cabral, I. Baptista, J. Azevedo, J. M. Alves, M. C. Roldão (orgs.), Educação, Territórios e Desenvolvimento Humano : Atas do II Seminário Internacional, Porto, Portugal, 20-21 de Julho de 2017. (pp. 968-1011). Porto: Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia - Centro de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Humano
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia - Centro de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Humano