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2020 lecturer training and study tours for marine career exploration teaching and development (the northern session)

  The Taiwan Marine Education Center (TMEC) hosted the 2020 Lecturer Training and Study Tours for Marine Career Exploration Teaching and Development on April 29. A total of 23 first-line teachers participated in this event and completed the training.To help participants stay healthy and learn a great deal, we requested that all participants wear face masks during the entire workshop, have their body temperature measured, clean their hands with alcohol, and complete a “health care statement.” All participants were cooperative, and, therefore, the workshop concluded satisfactorily.

  In this event, Director Chien-Lin Lo from Keelung Dongguan Elementary School first introduced the use of the Manual for Integrating Marine Education into Career Education in Elementary Schools. Specifically, teachers can use marine career cards in the manual for students to select the marine industry that suits their aptitude and interest, thereby allowing them to gain a basic understand of marine careers. The manual also provides career experiential games that require students to use their mind and their hands to fulfill various roles in various marine careers. To help teachers in the field of fundamental education understand the developments in the industry and the research on emergent marine technologies, the TMEC invited Yang-Wen Chen, the Chief Executive Officer from CarbonZeroToo, to demonstrate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the research and management of marine organisms—for example, the use of coding and big data analysis to develop software for identifying the age of sea turtles or different fish species. This activity allowed participants to recognize the potential of AI applications in marine resource utilization. The final part of this event focused on aquaculture, and Sheng-Hsing Li, the owner of the Nicestore Aquaculture Farm, was invited to introduce the growth, reproduction, and nursery of Haliotis diversicolor (i.e., variously colored abalone). The event also allowed the participants to experience feeding the abalone and understand problems surrounding abalone farming from the perspective of aquafarmers. In addition, the participants examined the diverse developments in the aquaculture industry.

  Lecturers from three different fields were invited in this event, which provided participants with diverse learning content. The use of AI applications in marine biology research and management was a novel experience to many participants, some of whom expressed that the content was difficult to understand. However, they also agreed that AI applications have potential in marine education. The participants rated the abalone farming experiential activity highly because the activity content was stimulating and fun. Some participants suggested that more professionals from the marine industry can be invited in future events to share their experience, thereby helping event participants deepen their understanding of the industry. The TMEC encourages more teachers to introduce marine career education to their students, allowing the students to understand the diverse developments in the marine industry of the future.

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