Chapter 22 Aquaponics as an Educational Tool
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8 min readRanka Junge, Tjasa Griessler Bulc, Dieter Anseeuw, Hijran Yavuzcan Yildiz, and Sarah Milliken
Abstract This chapter provides an overview of possible strategies for implementing aquaponics in curricula at different levels of education, illustrated by case studies from different countries. Aquaponics can promote scientific literacy and provide a useful tool for teaching the natural sciences at all levels, from primary through to tertiary education. An aquaponics classroom model system can provide multiple ways of enriching classes in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), and the day-to-day maintenance of an aquaponics can also enable experiential learning. Aquaponics can thus become an enjoyable and effective way for learners to study STEM content, and can also be used for teaching subjects such as business and economics, and for addressing issues like sustainable development, environmental science, agriculture, food systems, and health. Using learner and teacher evaluations of the use of aquaponics at different educational levels, we attempt to answer the question of whether aquaponics fulfils its promise as an educational tool.
Keywords Aquaponics · Education · Aquaponics course · Vocational training · Higher education · Survey
Contents
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 General Scenarios for Implementing Aquaponics in Curricula
- 22.3 Aquaponics in Primary Schools
- 22.4 Aquaponics in Secondary Schools
- 22.5 Aquaponics in Vocational Education and Training
- 22.6 Aquaponics in Higher Education
- 22.7 Does Aquaponics Fulfill Its Promise in Teaching? Assessments of Teaching Units by Teachers
- 22.8 Does Aquaponics Fulfill Its Promise in Teaching? Evaluation of Students' Responses to Aquaponics
- 22.9 Discussion and Conclusions
- References
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences Grüenta, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Inagro, Roeselare, Belgium
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
School of Design, University of Greenwich, London, UK
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S. Goddek et al. (eds.), Aquaponics Food Production Systems, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15943-6_22
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