Citizen Science for Environmental Citizenship: How do different approaches to school-based citizen science support environmental citizenship?

项目主管是格雷格·曼尼昂博士和伊恩·辛普森教授。我选择了斯特灵大学作为项目监理人，在我感兴趣的研究领域拥有如此强大的国际声誉。我的研究将得益于曼尼昂博士在全球公民身份、学习者参与和公民科学领域的广泛专业知识。曼尼昂博士在研究学习者经验方面的国际声誉与我提出的方法论方法特别相关。辛普森教授带来了丰富的经验，将实地研究整合到年轻人的创新教育计划中。他最近为英国鸟类学信托基金所做的关于公民科学参与者学习成果的工作对我提议的研究特别重要。自从进行硕士水平的研究以来，我一直是一名坚定的实践者研究员，我广泛地使用教育研究来了解和改进我作为教师的实践。在我的研究过程中，我对不同的研究方法以及这些不同方法的优点和局限性有了更深入的了解。我自己的研究主要采用混合方法，案例研究方法，为我所在学校和地方当局地区的科学和生物课程的教与学提供信息。我使用了定量和定性的混合方法，以获得与我的学生的发现的广度和深度，例如，使用活动前和活动后的测试，以提供户外和室内活动后认知获得的数字和视觉证据。我还对学生进行了深入的访谈(包括个人和焦点小组)，以更深入地了解学生在户外学习的经历和观点。教育研究硕士学位将使我能够在开始博士研究计划之前深化和加强我的研究技能。

The project supervisors are Dr Greg Mannion and Professor Ian Simpson. I have chosen the University of Stirling as the project supervisors have such a strong international reputation in the field of research that I am interested in. My research will gain from the extensive expertise of Dr Mannion in global citizenship, learner participation and citizen science fields. Dr Mannion's international reputation for researching learners' experiences is of particular relevance to my proposed methodological approach. Professor Simpson brings a wealth of experience integrating field-based research into innovative educational programmes for young people. His recent work on the learning outcomes for citizen science participants for the British Trust for Ornithology is of particular relevance to my proposed research.Since undertaking Masters level study, I have been a committed practitioner researcher, I have extensively used Educational Research to inform and improve my practice as a teacher. Throughout my studies I have developed a deepened understanding of the different approaches to research and the strengths and limitations of these different approaches. My own research has taken a predominantly mixed-methods, case study approach, to inform the teaching and learning of the science and biology classes in my own school and in the local authority area. I have used a mixture of quantitative and qualitative approaches to gain a breadth and depth of findings with my pupils, for example using pre- and post- activity tests to provide numerical and visual evidence of cognitive gain following outdoor and indoor activities. I have also used in depth interviews (both individual and focus groups) with pupils to attain a deeper understanding of the pupils' experiences and perspectives on taking learning outdoors. The Masters in Research in Educational Research will enable me to deepen and strengthen my research skills in advance of commencing the PhD research proposal.