• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.1380-1391
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate realities and find vitalizing plan of ocean-related lifelong education in Busan area. 190 staff members of lifelong education institutes in Busan were participated in questionnaires for investigating this topic. The results of research were as follows. Firstly, staff members of lifelong education institutes recognized that citizens were needed to expand ocean consciousness. Secondly, they recognized that ocean-related lifelong education had to be conducted for inspiration of ocean consciousness. Thirdly, 65.8% of them had practice will to manage ocean-related lifelong education program in the future. Based upon these results, our suggestions for strategies to revitalize ocean-related lifelong education in Busan were as follows. Firstly, a customized program of ocean-related lifelong education for citizens of Busan, ocean city, has to be developed and come into wide use. Secondly, the regional characteristics of Busan have to be taken into consideration in utilizing learning material. Thirdly, systematic support plan for ocean-related lifelong education has to be needed. Lastly, participants' network for ocean-related lifelong education has to be established.

• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.1801-1811
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• 2016

The purpose of this research is to grasp the present state of marine lifelong education and to provide direction for maritime industry. In this research, we first saw our country present ocean industry and the ocean lifelong education concept and definition besides formal school education to secure ocean human capital. Second, we researched about the ocean lifelong education that has been progressing by the organization, and by this, we inferred what to improve from our country ocean lifelong education. As a result, the improvement point for present ocean lifelong education of our country was first, the reflect of variety of marine related information in our country lifelong education is low, second, the learners were mostly children and teenagers, third, most of the were event education. Forth, it is good that there are a lot of experimenting programs, but most of them were experiment of ocean leisure sports and visiting the facilities, and because these are one-time thing so it was hard to secure marine citizenship or help them set their career in marine. Fifth, all facilities had similar contents for the experimenting program, and sixth, education period was concentrated on May and November.