ReviewFrontiers in sociology2020
Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The role of citizen science in mosquito-borne disease surveillance and control: A scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- Plastic Pirates Nova Scotia 2024 dataset - citizen science investigation of anthropogenic litter pollution of aquatic environments.Data in brief · 2025Article
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- Development of a Scale to Measure Planned Behavior in Inclusive Science Communication: Validity Evidence in Undergraduate STEM Students.CBE life sciences education · 2024Article
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- Opening science to society: how to progress societal engagement into (open) science policies.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Kefir4All, a citizen science initiative to raise awareness of the roles that microbes play in food fermentation.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2024Article
- Citizen Science Studies in Nursing: A Systematic Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Review
- Incorporating citizen science engagement in a vector surveillance undergraduate internship.Discover education · 2024Article
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- Exploring children and young people's experience of participating in citizen science-A qualitative evidence synthesis.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Eyewitness Community Survey: An Engaging Citizen Science Tool to Capture Reliable Data while Improving Community Participants' Environmental Health Knowledge and Attitudes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Citizen science is a growing field of research and practice, generating new knowledge and understanding through the collaboration of citizens in scientific research. As the field expands, it is becoming increasingly important to consider its potential to foster education and learning opportunities. Although progress has been made to support learning in citizen science projects, as well as to facilitate citizen science in formal and informal learning environments, challenges still arise. This paper identifies a number of dilemmas facing the field-from competing scientific goals and learning outcomes, differing underlying ontologies and epistemologies, diverging communication strategies, to clashing values around advocacy and activism. Although such challenges can become barriers to the successful integration of citizen science into mainstream education systems, they also serve as signposts for possible synergies and opportunities. One of the key emerging recommendations is to align educational learning outcomes with citizen science project goals at the planning stage of the project using co-creation approaches to ensure issues of accessibility and inclusivity are paramount throughout the design and implementation of every project. Only then can citizen science realise its true potential to empower citizens to take ownership of their own science education and learning.
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