Water education, ocean literacy and arts integration

A literature review in an interdisciplinary team

Authors

  • Tone Pernille Østern NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Helena Bichao NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
  • Carol Preston University of the Witwatersrand
  • Murat V. Ardelan NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Manola Gayatri Kumarswamy University of the Witwatersrand
  • Rose Martin Nord University
  • Ralph Buck University of Auckland
  • Maria Azucena Gutierrez Gonzalez NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/ar.5599

Keywords:

water education, oceans literacy, arts integration, inter-disciplinarity, iterature review, life below water, sustainability

Abstract

Life below water, as well as at waters, is threatened due to human activity that has caused global warming. As UNESCO stresses, “the time to learn and act for our planet is now”. This article reports on a literature review of existing action research on water education, ocean literacy and arts integration carried out by an emerging interdisciplinary research group stretching across the fields of marine science, arts and science education. Joined by a concern for water education and ocean literacy, the interdisciplinary teams screened 368 research articles with the assistance of the program Covidence which helps with streamlining the literature review processes in a team. Ending up with 14 relevant articles that were analysed in-depth, the authors argue that arts-integrated water education projects take place locally across higher education, formal education and informal education in collaborative teams. The action research projects screened promote and develop open-ended, inquiry-based and creative pedagogies, seeking to foster the capacity to act for sustainable living in a more-than-human world. However, all research projects screened in the review seemed to develop water education more generally. There is a lack of literature researching how the connection to ocean literacy including life below water specifically, can be nurtured.

Author Biographies

Tone Pernille Østern, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Tone Pernille Østern is professor in arts education with a focus on dance at NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Helena Bichao, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Helena Bichao is associate professor of science education at NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology. 

Carol Preston , University of the Witwatersrand

Carol Preston is associate researcher in interdisciplinary arts and culture Studies at Wits School of the Arts, University of the Witwatersrand.

Murat V. Ardelan, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Dr. Murat V. Ardelan is professor of chemistry at the Department of Chemistry at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Manola Gayatri Kumarswamy, University of the Witwatersrand

Manola Gayatri Kumarswamy is a jungian artistic researcher and research associate at Wits School of Arts, Witwatersrand University.

Rose Martin, Nord University

Rose Martin is Dean of the Faculty of Education, Arts and Culture at Nord University.

Ralph Buck , University of Auckland

Ralph Buck is Professor and head of the Department of dance studies and associate dean international at University of Auckland.

Maria Azucena Gutierrez Gonzalez, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Azucena Gutierrez Gonzalez is project leader of city development and culture at Trondheim Municipality – University City TRD3.0 in a combined position with NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

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2023-11-22

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Østern, T. P., Bichao, H., Preston , C., Ardelan, M. V., Gayatri Kumarswamy, M., Martin, R., Buck , R., & Gonzalez, M. A. G. (2023). Water education, ocean literacy and arts integration : A literature review in an interdisciplinary team. Nordic Journal of Art & Research, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.7577/ar.5599

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2023): Aesthetics and Ethics: Arts Education as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development

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