Sethula: I-Community Ocean Engagement Global Initiative

Enye yezinkumbulo zami zokuqala zokuhlanganyela ohlelweni lwemfundo yasolwandle kwakuphakathi nekamu lebanga lesithupha eCatalina Island Marine Institute, isikole sangaphandle esisekelwe ku-STEM esihlinzeka ngemfundo yesayensi yasolwandle kubafundi besikole samabanga aphansi, esiphakathi, nabasesikoleni esiphakeme. 

Ithuba lokungena esiqhingini engiya kuso kanye nengifunda nabo kanye nothisha - futhi ngihlanganyele kumalebhu esayensi, ukugibela uhambo lwe-ecology, i-snorkeling ebusuku, i-tidepooling, neminye imisebenzi - lalingenakulibaleka, kanye nenselele, elijabulisayo, nokunye. Ngikholwa ukuthi yilapho umqondo wami wokufunda olwandle waqala ukuthuthuka.

Eminyakeni yakamuva, imithelela ehlukene kanye nomhlaba wonke yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, nezinye izinkinga ziye zagxila kakhulu ukungalingani obekulokhu kukhona emphakathini wethu. Imfundo yasolwandle injalo. Ucwaningo lubonise ukufinyelela olwazini lokufunda olwandle njengomkhakha wokufunda kanye nendlela esebenzayo yemisebenzi ibikade inokungalingani ngokomlando. Ikakhulukazi kubantu bomdabu kanye nabancane.

I-Community Ocean Engagement Global Initiative

Sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umphakathi wezemfundo zasolwandle ukhombisa uhlu olubanzi lwemibono yasogwini nolwandle, amanani, amazwi, namasiko akhona emhlabeni jikelele. Ngakho-ke siyaziqhenya ngokwethula umkhankaso wethu omusha, i-Community Ocean Engagement Global Initiative (COEGI), namuhla ngoSuku Lomhlaba Lwe-Ocean 2022.

I-COEGI izinikele ekwesekeni ukuthuthukiswa kwabaholi bomphakathi bezemfundo yasolwandle kanye nokunika amandla abafundi bayo yonke iminyaka yobudala ukuze bahumushe ulwazi lolwandle lube isenzo sokongiwa kwemvelo. 

I-TOF's ocean literacy approach igxile ethembeni, esenzweni, nasekushintsheni kokuziphatha, isihloko esiyinkimbinkimbi esaxoxwa nguMongameli we-TOF uMark J. Spalding ibhulogi yethu ngo-2015. Umbono wethu uwukwenza ukufinyelela ngokulinganayo ezinhlelweni zemfundo yasolwandle kanye nemisebenzi emhlabeni wonke. Ikakhulukazi ngokufundisa, ukufunda okubonakalayo, ukuthuthukiswa kwabasebenzi, imfundo yomphakathi, nokuthuthukiswa kwekharikhulamu,

Ngaphambi kokujoyina i-TOF, ngasebenza iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi njengomfundisi wasolwandle Izixhumi zolwandle.

Ngisize ekuhlanganyeleni nabafundi abangu-38,569 be-K-12 e-US naseMexico ezifundweni zasolwandle, ukubuyisela indawo yokuhlala, nokuzilibazisa ogwini. Ngazibonela ngawami ukuntuleka kwemfundo esekelwe olwandle, ukufunda ngokusetshenziswa, kanye nophenyo lwesayensi ezikoleni zomphakathi - Ikakhulukazi emiphakathini ehola kancane. Futhi ngahlabeka umxhwele ngendlela yokubhekana negebe “lolwazi-isenzo”. Lokhu kuletha esinye sezithiyo ezibaluleke kakhulu zenqubekelaphambili yangempela emkhakheni wezokongiwa kwasolwandle.

Ngagqugquzelwa ukuthi ngiqhubeke nemfundo yami ngokufunda esikoleni esineziqu eScripps Institution of Oceanography. Yilapho engathola khona ithuba lokubuyela e-Catalina Island futhi okokuqala kusukela ebangeni lesithupha. Ukubuyela endaweni okwavusa isithakazelo sami ekuqaleni kwesayensi yasolwandle kwaba uguquko kimi. Ukuhamba nge-kaya, ukuhamba nge-snorkeling, nokuqhuba izifundo nabanye abafundi be-Scripps e-Catalina Island kwavusa isimangaliso engangisizwa ngisemncane.

Nge-COEGI, yilezi zinhlobo zamathuba okufundisa okwakhayo esithemba ukuwaletha kulabo ngokwesiko abantula ukwazi, ukufinyelela, noma ukumelwa emkhakheni wokufunda olwandle noma isayensi yasolwandle ngokujwayelekile. Ngiyazi ngokwami ​​ukuthi ugqozi, isasasa, nokuxhumana okuvela kulezi zikhathi kungashintsha impilo ngempela.