COASSTal Communities of Science

COASST科学界

• 批准号: 1322820
• 负责人: Julia Parrish
• 金额: $ 268.93万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2020-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1322820&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: COASSTal; Communities; Science

COASSTal Communities of Science is a citizen-science project whose goal is to increase the scientific and educational reach of a highly successful, action-oriented and rigorous citizen science program - the Coastal Observation And Seabird Survey Team (COASST), by adding a new data module on marine debris that will feature innovative technological approaches including mobile apps and web-based crowdsourcing. The marine debris module will complement an existing module on beached birds, allowing COASST to more completely assess coastal environmental health. For instance, marine debris data, focused particularly on issues of invasive species, harm to wildlife, and debris sourcing, will be immediately useful in marine science and resource management. Once designed and vetted by professional scientists and science educators, the new module will be implemented by citizen scientists in over 100 in-community trainings conducted throughout the COASST geographic range, from northern California to the coast of Alaska, including remote coastal communities with limited access to scientific information. Over 1,000 new participants will join the program, bringing the total number of active volunteers to 2,000 within the 4 years of the project. A complementary social science research component will advance the field of informal STEM learning by focusing on the factors facilitating recruitment and especially retention in citizen science projects, using COASST as a model. The current models of science learning in informal contexts will be extended by bringing them together with conceptual approaches to the development of interest, communities of practice, and activity theory. Research will specifically focus on differences in individual motivation to join COASST; follow participants as they enter the program and eventually become central members of the COASST community of practice; and assess the degree to which individual, programmatic and socio-cultural factors contribute to participant retention. A linked independent evaluation will assess the depth of learning individuals experience as a function the training and materials they receive, and amount and type of data they collect. Both research and evaluation components will utilize pre/post surveys, interviews, and longitudinal journaling.

海岸观测和海鸟调查小组是一个公民科学项目，其目标是增加一个关于海洋废弃物的新数据模块，其中将采用创新技术方法，包括移动的应用程序和网络众包，从而扩大一个非常成功、注重行动和严格的公民科学方案-海岸观测和海鸟调查小组-的科学和教育覆盖面。 海洋废弃物模块将补充现有的关于海滩鸟类的模块，使沿海环境健康评估小组能够更全面地评估沿海环境健康。 例如，特别侧重于入侵物种、对野生生物的危害和废弃物来源等问题的海洋废弃物数据，将立即用于海洋科学和资源管理。 一旦由专业科学家和科学教育工作者设计和审查，新模块将由公民科学家在整个COASST地理范围内进行的100多个社区培训中实施，从北方加州到阿拉斯加海岸，包括获得科学信息有限的偏远沿海社区。 超过1，000名新参与者将加入该计划，使活跃的志愿者总数在项目的4年内达到2，000人。一个补充的社会科学研究组成部分将推进非正式STEM学习领域，重点是促进公民科学项目的招聘，特别是保留的因素，使用COASST作为模型。 目前在非正式背景下的科学学习模式将通过将它们与兴趣发展，实践社区和活动理论的概念方法结合在一起来扩展。 研究将特别关注个人动机的差异加入COASST;跟随参与者，因为他们进入程序，并最终成为实践的COASST社区的核心成员;并评估个人，计划和社会文化因素有助于参与者保留的程度。 一个相互联系的独立评价将评估个人学习经验的深度，作为他们接受的培训和材料的函数，以及他们收集的数据的数量和类型，研究和评价部分都将利用前/后调查、访谈和纵向日志。

项目成果

Distinguishing offshore bird hunting from beach scavenging in archaeological contexts: The value of modern beach surveys

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.006
• 发表时间: 2016-06-01
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
• 影响因子: 2.8
• 作者: Bovy, Kristine M.;Watson, Jessica E.;Parrish, Julia K.
• 通讯作者: Parrish, Julia K.