Combining formal education and citizen science: A case study on students’ perceptions of learning and interest in an urban rat project
Combining formal education and citizen science: A case study on students’ perceptions of learning and interest in an urban rat project
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正规教育与公民科学的结合：关于学生对城市老鼠项目的学习认知和兴趣的案例研究
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10.1080/13504622.2020.1727860
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2020
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Suvi Huovelin
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作者：
Tuomas Aivelo;Suvi Huovelin
公民科学是环境和正规教育中的一个宝贵工具，可以为研究人员创造科学知识，促进学习，培养对环境和研究物种的积极关系。我们提出了一个案例研究的赫尔辛基城市老鼠项目中，学生调查老鼠发生在自己附近的环境。根据我们的研究结果，经验性，参与，意义，自由选择，参与的容易程度，以及老鼠本身有助于学生参与的兴趣增加。此外，学生描述了不同的事实，概念，程序和元认知知识，他们在参与过程中获得。一般来说，学生描述了对老鼠的负面态度，但他们描述了参与后对老鼠的负面看法较少。我们反思公民科学项目的成功和规划未来的公民科学项目，并将公民科学纳入正规教育的影响。
Citizen science is a valuable tool in environmental and formal education in creating scientific knowledge for the researchers and facilitating learning and fostering a positive relationship toward the environment and study species. We present a case study on the Helsinki Urban Rat Project in which students surveyed rat occurrence in their own near environments. According to our results, experientiality, involvement, meaningfulness, freedom to choose, ease of participation, and the rats themselves contributed to students’ increased interest in participation. Furthermore, students described diverse factual, conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive knowledge that they acquired during their participation. In general, students described negative attitudes toward rats, but they described fewer negative views on rats after participation. We reflect on the success of the citizen science project and implications of planning a future citizen science project and incorporating citizen science in formal education.