Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science
| Autor: | Miriam Brandt, Quentin Groom, Alexandra Magro, Dusan Misevic, Claire L. Narraway, Till Bruckermann, Anna Beniermann, Tom Børsen, Josefa González, Sofie Meeus, Helen E. Roy, Xana Sá-Pinto, Jorge Roberto Torres, Tania Jenkins |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), European Cooperation in Science and Technology |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
education
evolution misconceptions evaluation learning General Immunology and Microbiology Citizen Science Climate Change Community Participation General Medicine bepress|Life Sciences|Ecology and Evolutionary Biology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Ecology and Environment Education public participation in scientific research bepress|Life Sciences Evolution misconceptions Literacy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Learning Humans Evaluation General Agricultural and Biological Sciences bepress|Life Sciences|Ecology and Evolutionary Biology|Evolution Public participation ins cientific research General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Brandt, M, Groom, Q, Magro, A M, Misevic, D, Narraway, C L, Bruckermann, T, Beniermann, A, Børsen, T, González, J, Meeus, S, Roy, H E, Sá-Pinto, X, Torres, J R & Jenkins, T 2022, ' Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science ', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 289, no. 1980, 20221077 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1077 |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rspb.2022.1077 |
| Popis: | Evolutionary understanding is central to biology. It is also an essential prerequisite to understanding and making informed decisions about societal issues such as climate change. Yet, evolution is generally poorly understood by civil society and many misconceptions exist. Citizen science, which has been increasing in popularity as a means to gather new data and promote scientific literacy, is one strategy through which people could learn about evolution. However, despite the potential for citizen science to promote evolution learning opportunities, very few projects implement them. In this paper, we make the case for incorporating evolution education into citizen science, define key learning goals, and suggest opportunities for designing and evaluating projects in order to promote scientific literacy in evolution. X.S.-P. is funded through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in the numbers 4, 5 and 6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law 57/2016, of August 29, changed by Law 57/2017, of 19 July. A.M. benefited from funding by the laboratory ‘Evolution et Diversité Biologique’ as part of the ‘Laboratoires d’Excellence’ LABEX TULIP (ANR -10-LABX-41) and LABEX CEBA (ANR-10-LABX-25-01).This article is based upon work from COST Actions ‘CA17127 EuroScitizen’ ‘CA17122 Alien CSI’, ‘CA15212 Citizen Science’, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology; www.cost.eu). |
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