Facilitator organizations enhance learning and action through citizen science: a case study of Girl Scouts’ Think Like a Citizen Scientist journey on SciStarter
Facilitator organizations enhance learning and action through citizen science: a case study of Girl Scouts’ Think Like a Citizen Scientist journey on SciStarter
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促进者组织通过公民科学加强学习和行动：女童子军案例研究 — SciStarter 上的“像公民科学家一样思考”之旅
DOI：
10.1080/13504622.2023.2237705
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Cavalier, Darlene
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作者：
Smith, Haley E.;Cooper, Caren B.;Busch, K.C.;Harper, Suzanne;Muslim, Amy;McKenna, Kaleigh;Cavalier, Darlene
参与公民科学可以带来参与者成果，包括提高科学和环境素养以及公民行动。可能增加这些结果的可能性的一个因素是雇主、学校或其他组织等团体的促进。我们研究了SciStarter和美国女童子军之间的伙伴关系如何促进参与公民科学，以塑造参与者的学习和公民参与。在2017年7月至2020年2月期间，来自200多名女童子军的参与者完成了“像公民科学家一样思考”之旅，包括科学学习活动，参加SciStarter上的环境公民科学项目和采取行动项目（TAP）。部队领导人提供了我们定性分析的TAP的开放式描述。答复提供了证据的学习成果跨越非正式的科学学习目标，女童子军领导经验的成果，女童子军STEM成果。参与者的TAP绝大多数与科学和环境主题有关（81%），大多数人试图教育和激励他人（66%），接触同龄人，成年人，公众和公民领袖。该计划展示了促进者组织利用现有公民科学项目来促进学习成果、公民科学教育和社区行动的潜力，参与者年仅4-5岁。
Engagement in citizen science can result in participant outcomes including increased science and environmental literacy and civic action. One factor which may increase the likelihood of these outcomes is facilitation by groups such as employers, schools, or other organizations. We examined how a partnership between SciStarter and Girl Scouts of the USA facilitated participation in citizen science to shape participants’ learning and civic engagement. Between July 2017 and February 2020, participants from over 200 Girl Scout troops completed the Think Like a Citizen Scientist Journey, consisting of science learning activities, participation in an environmental citizen science project on SciStarter, and a Take Action Project (TAP). Troop leaders provided open-ended descriptions of TAPs which we analyzed qualitatively. Responses provided evidence of learning outcomes spanning informal science learning goals, Girl Scout Leadership Experience outcomes, and Girl Scout STEM outcomes. Participants’ TAPs overwhelmingly related to science and environmental topics (81%) and the majority sought to educate and inspire others (66%), reaching audiences of peers, adults, the general public, and civic leaders. This program demonstrates the potential for facilitator organizations to leverage existing citizen science projects to promote learning outcomes, civic science education, and community action with participants as young as 4–5 years old.
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影响因子：
3.9
作者：
S. Nelson;Gregory C Ira;A. Merenlender
通讯作者：
S. Nelson;Gregory C Ira;A. Merenlender
影响因子：
3.8
作者：
Carla;Daniel Fischer;Sonja M. Geiger;Daniela Honorato;K. Knickmeier;K. Kruse;Anna Sundermann;Martin Thiel
通讯作者：
Martin Thiel
影响因子：
5.9
作者：
Forrester, Tavis D.;Baker, Megan;McShea, William J.
通讯作者：
McShea, William J.
研究人员和公民科学家收集的海洋垃圾数据的比较：公民科学数据值得付出努力吗？
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发表时间：
2017
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作者：
T. V. D. Velde;D. Milton;T. J. Lawson;C. Wilcox;M. Lansdell;Geraldine Davis;G. Perkins;B. D. Hardesty
通讯作者：
B. D. Hardesty
影响因子：
56.9
作者：
A. Wals;M. Brody;J. Dillon;Robert B. Stevenson
通讯作者：
Robert B. Stevenson