Ocean Literacy and school: Teacher's perception about teaching marine environments related contents

Ocean Literacy concerns public knowledge on the ocean to citizenship on the use of marine environments and resources. To investigate how contents related to the ocean and marine environments are related to formal education, this study interviewed teachers of basic education in the city of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro. The results indicated that teachers show connection and realize the importance of the theme for school and students, however, they reported a limited or indirect approach to these contents in the curriculum. Teachers feel willing to include this theme in their classes, however believe that training and connection of the theme to the curriculum are necessary and, above all, a society willing to value this knowledge.