Combining Formal Education and Citizen Science: A Case Study on Students' Perceptions of Learning and Interest in an Urban Rat Project

Autor/inn/en	Aivelo, Tuomas; Huovelin, Suvi
Titel	Combining Formal Education and Citizen Science: A Case Study on Students' Perceptions of Learning and Interest in an Urban Rat Project
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 26 (2020) 3, S.324-340 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aivelo, Tuomas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2020.1727860
Schlagwörter	Citizen Participation; Student Attitudes; Animals; Foreign Countries; Urban Environment; Physical Environment; Student Participation; Attitude Change; Negative Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Ecology; Adolescents; Authentic Learning; Environmental Education; Science Projects; Research Projects; Experiential Learning; Knowledge Level; Finland (Helsinki) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Schülerverhalten; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Ausland; Stadtökologie; Natürliche Umwelt; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Negative Fixierung; Sekundarschüler; Ökologie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Science; Project; Wissenschaft; Projekt; Forschungsvorhaben; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Wissensbasis
Abstract	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 less 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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01