Community-engaged learning to broaden the impact of applied ecology: A case study.
Community-engaged learning to broaden the impact of applied ecology: A case study.
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社区参与学习扩大应用生态学的影响：案例研究。
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发表时间：
2022
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5
通讯作者：
Na’Taki Osborne Jelks
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作者：
Heather D. Vance‐Chalcraft;Na’Taki Osborne Jelks
生态变化正在造成破坏，往往对有色人种社区和经济困难地区造成不成比例的影响。研究这些社区所经历的后果的科学家特别适合将公众带入他们的工作，作为一种设置条件的方式，使受影响的居民能够增强自己的能力，推动环境和社区变革。除了让社区利益攸关方参与科学进程外，社区科学还可以用来激励学习和增加学生的参与度。在这里，我们重点介绍一个案例研究，一个历史上是黑人的大学让当地社区和学生参与水质监测工作，以检查环境对人类健康的作用。参加环境毒理学入门课程的学生与社区成员合作，跟踪污染并监测城市受损溪流的情况。学生们与社区流域研究人员一起参加了每两个月一次的水质监测，并与社区居民和组织一起参加了每年一次的为期一天的多点采样活动。通过这项活动，学生和社区成员为收集数据作出了贡献，了解了其结果的重要性，并将研究结果转化为战略，以推进流域恢复、健康、生活质量和环境正义目标。这篇文章受版权保护。版权所有。
Ecological changes are creating disruptions that often disproportionately impact communities of color and economically disadvantaged areas. Scientists who study the consequences experienced by these communities are uniquely suited to bring the public into their work as a way of setting conditions that enable impacted residents to empower themselves to advance environmental and community change. In addition to involving community stakeholders in the process of science, community science can be used to motivate learning and increase engagement of students. Here we highlight a case study of one way a historically Black college involved local communities and students in water quality monitoring efforts to examine the role of the environment in human health. Students in an introductory-level environmental toxicology course collaborated with community members to track pollution and monitor conditions in an urban, impaired stream. Students participated in bi-monthly water quality monitoring alongside community watershed researchers and an annual day-long multi-site sampling event with community residents and organizations. Through this engagement, students and community members contributed to the collection of data, learned about the significance of their results, and translated findings into strategies to advance watershed restoration, health, quality of life, and environmental justice goals. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.