Localized Strategies, Shared Success: How Gulf Sea Grant Programs Meet Educational Needs
The four Sea Grant programs in the Gulf region have active and successful environmental education programs. Despite differences in the organization and implementation of Sea Grant priorities, each program offers an array of opportunities for different audiences to increase awareness, involvement and...
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| description | The four Sea Grant programs in the Gulf region have active and successful environmental education programs. Despite differences in the organization and implementation of Sea Grant priorities, each program offers an array of opportunities for different audiences to increase awareness, involvement and knowledge about our collective coastal environment. These opportunities include camps and place-based experiential classes for K-12 students; training in areas of concern or interest, from responsible fishing to environmental education; immersive experiences for educators to heighten awareness, share knowledge and improve understanding; classroom-based activities to increase knowledge, stewardship and skills among youth, and community-based activities to improve resilience and quality of life for all Gulf coast residents. Evaluative measures in place for most of these efforts document their success. Gulf Sea Grant programs have helped thousands of individuals of all ages better understand their connection to and impact on the environment and facilitated the progression of individuals into jobs and careers in coastal related positions. This article highlights four areas of that work: K-12 education, professional development for educators, outreach and extension activities and workforce development programs and opportunities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a98baa8381074f4b9342ca0920913ffc2025-08-20T03:51:09ZengUbiquity PressCurrent: The Journal of Marine Education2632-850X2025-06-014013–133–1310.5334/cjme.131131Localized Strategies, Shared Success: How Gulf Sea Grant Programs Meet Educational NeedsTina Miller-Way0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-6337Samantha Capers1https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1244-9958Dani DiIullo2https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2286-5087Nikki Fitzgerald3Maia McGuire4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-4173Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant ConsortiumUniversity of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant ConsortiumLouisiana Sea GrantTexas Sea GrantFlorida Sea GrantThe four Sea Grant programs in the Gulf region have active and successful environmental education programs. Despite differences in the organization and implementation of Sea Grant priorities, each program offers an array of opportunities for different audiences to increase awareness, involvement and knowledge about our collective coastal environment. These opportunities include camps and place-based experiential classes for K-12 students; training in areas of concern or interest, from responsible fishing to environmental education; immersive experiences for educators to heighten awareness, share knowledge and improve understanding; classroom-based activities to increase knowledge, stewardship and skills among youth, and community-based activities to improve resilience and quality of life for all Gulf coast residents. Evaluative measures in place for most of these efforts document their success. Gulf Sea Grant programs have helped thousands of individuals of all ages better understand their connection to and impact on the environment and facilitated the progression of individuals into jobs and careers in coastal related positions. This article highlights four areas of that work: K-12 education, professional development for educators, outreach and extension activities and workforce development programs and opportunities.https://account.current-journal.com/index.php/up-j-ctjme/article/view/131educational outreachinformal educationsea grantteacher professional developmentmarine science educationworkforce development |
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| title | Localized Strategies, Shared Success: How Gulf Sea Grant Programs Meet Educational Needs |
| title_full | Localized Strategies, Shared Success: How Gulf Sea Grant Programs Meet Educational Needs |
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| title_short | Localized Strategies, Shared Success: How Gulf Sea Grant Programs Meet Educational Needs |
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