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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 20221077 |
| Pages (from-to) | 20221077 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
| Volume | 289 |
| Issue number | 1980 |
| Early online date | 10 Aug 2022 |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Aug 2022 |
Abstract
Keywords
- education, evaluation, evolution misconceptions, learning, public participation in scientific research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Environmental Science(all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Immunology and Microbiology(all)
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 289, No. 1980, 20221077, 10.08.2022, p. 20221077.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science
AU - Brandt, Miriam
AU - Groom, Quentin
AU - Magro, Alexandra
AU - Misevic, Dusan
AU - Narraway, Claire Louisa
AU - Bruckermann, Till
AU - Beniermann, Anna
AU - Børsen, Tom
AU - Gonzalez, Josefa
AU - Meeus, Sofie
AU - Roy, Helen E.
AU - Sá-Pinto, Xana
AU - Torres, Jorge Roberto
AU - Jenkins, Tania
N1 - Funding Information: X.S.-P. is funded through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in the numbers 4, 5 and 6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law 57/2016, of August 29, changed by Law 57/2017, of 19 July. A.M. benefited from funding by the laboratory ‘Evolution et Diversité Biologique’ as part of the ‘Laboratoires d’Excellence’ LABEX TULIP (ANR -10-LABX-41) and LABEX CEBA (ANR-10-LABX-25-01). Acknowledgements
PY - 2022/8/10
Y1 - 2022/8/10
N2 - Evolutionary understanding is central to biology. It is also an essential prerequisite to understanding and making informed decisions about societal issues such as climate change. Yet, evolution is generally poorly understood by civil society and many misconceptions exist. Citizen science, which has been increasing in popularity as a means to gather new data and promote scientific literacy, is one strategy through which people could learn about evolution. However, despite the potential for citizen science to promote evolution learning opportunities, very few projects implement them. In this paper, we make the case for incorporating evolution education into citizen science, define key learning goals, and suggest opportunities for designing and evaluating projects in order to promote scientific literacy in evolution.
AB - Evolutionary understanding is central to biology. It is also an essential prerequisite to understanding and making informed decisions about societal issues such as climate change. Yet, evolution is generally poorly understood by civil society and many misconceptions exist. Citizen science, which has been increasing in popularity as a means to gather new data and promote scientific literacy, is one strategy through which people could learn about evolution. However, despite the potential for citizen science to promote evolution learning opportunities, very few projects implement them. In this paper, we make the case for incorporating evolution education into citizen science, define key learning goals, and suggest opportunities for designing and evaluating projects in order to promote scientific literacy in evolution.
KW - education
KW - evaluation
KW - evolution misconceptions
KW - learning
KW - public participation in scientific research
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VL - 289
SP - 20221077
JO - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
JF - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
SN - 0080-4649
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