Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities
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Resumo: | Citizen science is a growing field of research and practice, generating new knowledge and understanding through the collaboration of citizens in scientific research. As the field expands, it is becoming increasingly important to consider its potential to foster education and learning opportunities. Although progress has been made to support learning in citizen science projects, as well as to facilitate citizen science in formal and informal learning environments, challenges still arise. This paper identifies a number of dilemmas facing the field-from competing scientific goals and learning outcomes, differing underlying ontologies and epistemologies, diverging communication strategies, to clashing values around advocacy and activism. Although such challenges can become barriers to the successful integration of citizen science into mainstream education systems, they also serve as signposts for possible synergies and opportunities. One of the key emerging recommendations is to align educational learning outcomes with citizen science project goals at the planning stage of the project using co-creation approaches to ensure issues of accessibility and inclusivity are paramount throughout the design and implementation of every project. Only then can citizen science realise its true potential to empower citizens to take ownership of their own science education and learning. |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and OpportunitiesLearning environmentsTeachersOntology and epistemologyActivismScience communicationPublic engagementCitizen science is a growing field of research and practice, generating new knowledge and understanding through the collaboration of citizens in scientific research. As the field expands, it is becoming increasingly important to consider its potential to foster education and learning opportunities. Although progress has been made to support learning in citizen science projects, as well as to facilitate citizen science in formal and informal learning environments, challenges still arise. This paper identifies a number of dilemmas facing the field-from competing scientific goals and learning outcomes, differing underlying ontologies and epistemologies, diverging communication strategies, to clashing values around advocacy and activism. Although such challenges can become barriers to the successful integration of citizen science into mainstream education systems, they also serve as signposts for possible synergies and opportunities. One of the key emerging recommendations is to align educational learning outcomes with citizen science project goals at the planning stage of the project using co-creation approaches to ensure issues of accessibility and inclusivity are paramount throughout the design and implementation of every project. Only then can citizen science realise its true potential to empower citizens to take ownership of their own science education and learning.Frontiers Media S.A.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaRoche, JosephBell, LauraGalvão, CecíliaGolumbic, Yaela N.Kloetzer, LaureKnoben, NiekeLaakso, MariLorke, JuliaMannion, GregMassetti, LucianoMauchline, AlicePata, KaiRuck, AndyTaraba, PavelWinter, Silvia2021-06-07T13:47:10Z2020-12-022020-12-02T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/48365engRoche, J., Bell, L., Galvão, C., Golumbic, Y. N., Kloetzer, L., Knoben, N., Laakso, M., Lorke, J., Mannion, G., Massetti, L., Mauchline, A., Pata, K., Ruck, A., Taraba, P., & Winter, S. (2020). Citizen science, education, and learning: Challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Sociology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.613814https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.6138142297-7775info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:51:39Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/48365Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:00:13.688665Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities Roche, Joseph Learning environments Teachers Ontology and epistemology Activism Science communication Public engagement |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Roche, Joseph |
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Roche, Joseph Bell, Laura Galvão, Cecília Golumbic, Yaela N. Kloetzer, Laure Knoben, Nieke Laakso, Mari Lorke, Julia Mannion, Greg Massetti, Luciano Mauchline, Alice Pata, Kai Ruck, Andy Taraba, Pavel Winter, Silvia |
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Bell, Laura Galvão, Cecília Golumbic, Yaela N. Kloetzer, Laure Knoben, Nieke Laakso, Mari Lorke, Julia Mannion, Greg Massetti, Luciano Mauchline, Alice Pata, Kai Ruck, Andy Taraba, Pavel Winter, Silvia |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Roche, Joseph Bell, Laura Galvão, Cecília Golumbic, Yaela N. Kloetzer, Laure Knoben, Nieke Laakso, Mari Lorke, Julia Mannion, Greg Massetti, Luciano Mauchline, Alice Pata, Kai Ruck, Andy Taraba, Pavel Winter, Silvia |
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Learning environments Teachers Ontology and epistemology Activism Science communication Public engagement |
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Learning environments Teachers Ontology and epistemology Activism Science communication Public engagement |
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Citizen science is a growing field of research and practice, generating new knowledge and understanding through the collaboration of citizens in scientific research. As the field expands, it is becoming increasingly important to consider its potential to foster education and learning opportunities. Although progress has been made to support learning in citizen science projects, as well as to facilitate citizen science in formal and informal learning environments, challenges still arise. This paper identifies a number of dilemmas facing the field-from competing scientific goals and learning outcomes, differing underlying ontologies and epistemologies, diverging communication strategies, to clashing values around advocacy and activism. Although such challenges can become barriers to the successful integration of citizen science into mainstream education systems, they also serve as signposts for possible synergies and opportunities. One of the key emerging recommendations is to align educational learning outcomes with citizen science project goals at the planning stage of the project using co-creation approaches to ensure issues of accessibility and inclusivity are paramount throughout the design and implementation of every project. Only then can citizen science realise its true potential to empower citizens to take ownership of their own science education and learning. |
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Roche, J., Bell, L., Galvão, C., Golumbic, Y. N., Kloetzer, L., Knoben, N., Laakso, M., Lorke, J., Mannion, G., Massetti, L., Mauchline, A., Pata, K., Ruck, A., Taraba, P., & Winter, S. (2020). Citizen science, education, and learning: Challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Sociology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.613814 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.613814 2297-7775 |
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