Citizen Science as an Educational Tool for Improving Scientific Literacy of Undergraduate Students

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KALMÁROVÁ Kristýna

Rok publikování 2016
Druh Článek ve sborníku
Konference Information Literacy: Key to an Inclusive Society
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Filozofická fakulta

Citace
www https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-52162-6_13
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52162-6_13
Obor Dokumentace, knihovnictví, práce s informacemi
Klíčová slova Citizen science; Public participation in scientific research; Scientific literacy; Higher education; Undergraduate students;
Popis The aim of my paper is to propose a new approach to support scientific literacy of undergraduate students that uses methods of active participation in scientific research. I introduce the concept of citizen science as scientific literacy. Based on the accessible literature review, I present the overall approach to the educational potential of citizen science, as well as the results of selected surveys conducted to measure the impact of citizen science projects to the participants’ scientific literacy level. I make the claim that even short-term projects may make great impact, although the subject definitely needs more research. In this paper, I also outline the possibility of using citizen science projects in the undergraduate curriculum.
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