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Summary of Show Us Your Ocean! SOSE Module
The module involves students using digital underwater cameras on a field trip to the beach and working through their experiences and photographs in a collaborative/group framework. This module is different from traditional lessons because students will create their own experiences before any information is given to them about the ocean. This will allow the students to understand and explore their own connections to the ocean before any of the teaching part of the module begins. Experience first, then teach rather than teach first, then experience.
While marine education has been a popular activity for many years, there has been little teaching focused on fostering direct experiential connections between students and the ocean using experience and visual learning.
Photoelicitation is an educational technique using photographs (taken by the student) as a focus for discussion. Taking photographs can act as a memory anchor, allowing students to remember their experiences more vividly.
Photoelicitation and other visual learning methods have been utilized successfully in education about the terrestrial environment; the combination of experiential and visual learning can create a powerful educational tool.
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