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Increasing Students' Quality of Argumentation by Using Drama in Lower Phase Secondary Education

This study explored how drama can improve the quality of student arguments about controversial socio-scientific topics including environmental issues. Improving public science literacy and debate skills is important for building societal capacity to address challenges like microplastic pollution.

2019 Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University)
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Microplastics in the Environment: Raising Awareness in Primary Education

This study developed and evaluated a microplastics education program for primary school children, finding that age-appropriate lessons about plastic pollution could meaningfully increase students' environmental awareness. The authors argue that early education is a key component of long-term plastic pollution reduction strategies.

2020 The American Biology Teacher 17 citations
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"THREATENED AND THREATENING SEAS" Children’s Perceptions of the Marine Environment and Environmental Attitudes towards Marine Pollution in Kuta, Lombok

An educational intervention in early childhood classrooms in Lombok, Indonesia used drawing exercises and discussion to explore children's perceptions of marine pollution. Young children (5–8 years) showed awareness of trash in the ocean and expressed concern, demonstrating that environmental education on marine issues can be effective at early ages.

2020 Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive (Gothenburg University)
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Edukasi Dampak Sampah Plastik Terhadap Lingkungan Laut Bagi Siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri 6 Meulaboh Aceh Barat

This Indonesian-language paper describes an educational program that taught elementary school students about the impacts of plastic waste on the marine environment. The program aimed to build environmental awareness and responsible waste behaviors in young people. Early environmental education about plastic pollution is important for reducing future plastic waste generation.

2021 Marine Kreatif
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Edukasi Bahaya Sampah Plastik Terhadap Ekosistem Perairan Pada Siswa Kelas I Min 32 Kecamatan Mesjid Raya Kabupaten Aceh Besar

This Indonesian paper describes educational outreach to elementary school students about the dangers of plastic waste to coastal and aquatic ecosystems. Educating children about microplastics and plastic pollution is an important long-term strategy for changing behavior to reduce environmental contamination.

2023 Al Ghafur Jurnal Ilmiah Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat
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How to Increase Ocean Literacy for Future Ocean Sustainability? The Influence of Non-Formal Marine Science Education

This study examined whether non-formal marine science education programs improve ocean literacy in students, finding that hands-on marine experiences significantly increased knowledge and environmental awareness. Improving ocean literacy is considered essential for building public support for policies to reduce marine plastic pollution.

2020 Sustainability 35 citations
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How Marine Plastic Pollution Education Develops Secondary School Students’ Sustainability Competences

Researchers investigated how marine plastic pollution education affects Norwegian secondary school students' sustainability competences, knowledge, and attitudes toward biodiversity protection using pre- and post-test questionnaires with 50 students. Results showed that structured marine plastic pollution curricula can improve students' understanding of ecosystem impacts and motivate protective behaviors.

2025 Environmental sciences
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Encouraging Students’ Critical Thinking Using Problem-Based Book Integrated Daily Problems and Solutions about Environmental Pollution

This study developed a problem-based learning book to help students think critically about environmental pollution, including plastic waste and microplastics. Students using the book showed improved critical thinking skills compared to those using conventional materials.

2023 Journal of Curriculum and Teaching 1 citations
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An Ocean of Science: an educational laboratory approach for the protection and preservation of the marine environment

An educational project called 'An Ocean of Science' developed laboratory activities for schoolchildren to learn about marine pollution, including microplastics, through hands-on scientific investigations. The program aimed to build scientific literacy and environmental awareness among students in multiple countries.

2023 1 citations
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Edukasi Bahaya Sampah Plastik pada Perairan dan Biota Laut di Sekolah Alam, Pantai Bajulmati, Kabupaten Malang, Jawa Timur

This paper describes an environmental education project at a nature school in East Java, Indonesia, focused on teaching children about the dangers of plastic waste in marine environments. Public education is considered an important strategy for building long-term behavior change around plastic use and disposal.

2022 Abdi Geomedisains 7 citations
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The effect of environmental health education on microplastic pollution awareness

This study found that environmental health education significantly increased students' awareness of microplastic pollution. The results suggest that incorporating microplastic-related topics into school curricula could help young people understand the health and environmental risks of plastic pollution. Raising awareness early is an important step toward reducing microplastic exposure at the individual and community level.

2024 Public Health Nursing 10 citations
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Raising environmental awareness: evaluating microplastic education interventions in Jakarta’s high schools

Researchers found that hands-on, interactive teaching methods work better than traditional lectures for helping high school students understand microplastic pollution (tiny plastic particles that can harm our health and environment). However, actually changing students' attitudes and behaviors about plastic use may require longer, more comprehensive programs. This matters because educating young people effectively about microplastics could help reduce plastic pollution that ends up in our food and water.

2026 International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
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University Extension and Informal Education: Useful Tools for Bottom-Up Ocean and Coastal Literacy of Primary School Children in Brazil

Brazilian researchers used university extension programs and informal education to improve ocean literacy among coastal schoolchildren, who showed little knowledge of marine issues despite living near the coast. The program demonstrated that community-based education can raise awareness of microplastic pollution and other ocean threats.

2019 Frontiers in Marine Science 26 citations
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What are the valuable lessons from global research on environmental literacy in the last two decades? A systematic literature review

This paper is not about microplastics; it is a systematic literature review of global research on environmental literacy in education over the past two decades, analyzing publication trends and teaching approaches.

2024 Biosfer 2 citations
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Marine plastic pollution in kindergarten as a means of engaging toddlers with STEM education and educational robotics

This paper explores using marine plastic pollution as a topic to engage preschool children with STEM education and robotics through experiential learning. Environmental topics like plastic pollution can serve as motivating contexts for early science and technology education.

2022 Advances in Mobile Learning Educational Research 6 citations
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What Teachers Should Know for Effective Marine Litter Education: A Scoping Review

This scoping review identified critical gaps in teachers' knowledge about marine litter, finding that educators need better training in ocean literacy and marine pollution science to effectively encourage pro-environmental practices among students and communities.

2022 Sustainability 20 citations
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Ocean Literacy’s Influence on Integrated Learning: Teachers’ Understanding and Involvement

Researchers investigated ocean literacy integration in Indonesian junior high school education, surveying 116 teachers to examine how their understanding of ocean literacy and participation in related training influenced their inclination toward integrated teaching approaches.

2025 Anatolian Journal of Education
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Navigating through ocean literacy gaps: an analysis of elementary school textbooks in Croatian education

This paper is not about microplastics — it analyzes Croatian elementary school textbooks to evaluate how well ocean literacy principles and concepts are integrated across grades and subjects.

2024 Mediterranean Marine Science 2 citations
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Investigasi Pengetahuan Dasar Tentang Bahaya Sampah Plastik pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar di Pulau Maitara, Maluku Utara

Researchers investigated basic plastic waste knowledge among elementary school students on Maitara Island in North Maluku, Indonesia, finding low awareness of the environmental hazards of plastic waste and highlighting the need for non-curricular environmental education in schools to reduce plastic pollution in coastal ecosystems including mangroves and coral reefs.

2022 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 3 citations
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A Change of Mind: Applying Social and Behavioral Research Methods to the Assessment of the Effectiveness of Ocean Literacy Initiatives

This paper reviews how social and behavioral science methods can be used to measure whether ocean literacy programs actually change people's environmental behaviors. Better evaluation tools are needed to determine if public education about plastic pollution leads to real reductions in plastic use.

2019 Frontiers in Marine Science 58 citations
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Students’ attitudes towards the environment and marine litter in the context of a coastal water quality educational citizen science project

Middle school students who participated in a citizen science project monitoring coastal water quality and microplastic pollution showed significantly more positive environmental attitudes afterward compared to a control group. The study suggests that hands-on engagement with real microplastic research can be an effective way to build environmental awareness in young people.

2023 Australian Journal of Environmental Education 8 citations
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Effect of Design Thinking to Develop Marine and Coastal Environmental Attitudes

This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it evaluates a design thinking educational approach for improving marine and coastal environmental awareness among students, focused on teaching sustainability concepts.

2023 Journal of Sustainability Science and Management 1 citations
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Scientific literacy through Problem-Based Learning focusing on the occurrence and consequences of microplastics in the environment

Researchers implemented a Problem-Based Learning approach to develop scientific literacy skills in students by focusing on the occurrence and environmental consequences of microplastics. The study, conducted in a Portuguese-language educational context, used microplastics as a real-world science topic to cultivate critical thinking and evidence-based decision-making competencies.

2024 Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (Universidade de São Paulo)
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Ecología robótica desde el litoral: resultados de un programa fortalecedor de las habilidades para la ciencia

A STEAM-based robotics program was used with students on coastal beaches to study and address the problem of shoreline plastic waste. The program combined science education with hands-on environmental monitoring, demonstrating that educational robotics can help raise awareness about marine litter among young people.

2023 PUBLICACIONES 1 citations