Step by step towards citizen science — deconstructing youth participation in BioBlitzes

BioBlitzes, typically one-day citizen science (CS) events, provide opportunities for the public to participate in data collection for research and conservation, potentially promoting deeper engagement with science. We observed 81 youth at 15 BioBlitzes in the U.S. and U.K., identifying five steps pa...

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Autores principales: Lorke, Julia, Ballard, Heidi L., Miller, Annie E., Swanson, Rebecca D., Pratt-Taweh, Sasha, Jennewein, Jessie N., Higgins, Lila, Johnson, Rebecca F., Young, Alison N., Khanaposhtani, Maryam Ghadiri, Robinson, Lucy D.
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Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7612973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35795087
http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.20040203
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author Lorke, Julia
Ballard, Heidi L.
Miller, Annie E.
Swanson, Rebecca D.
Pratt-Taweh, Sasha
Jennewein, Jessie N.
Higgins, Lila
Johnson, Rebecca F.
Young, Alison N.
Khanaposhtani, Maryam Ghadiri
Robinson, Lucy D.
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Ballard, Heidi L.
Miller, Annie E.
Swanson, Rebecca D.
Pratt-Taweh, Sasha
Jennewein, Jessie N.
Higgins, Lila
Johnson, Rebecca F.
Young, Alison N.
Khanaposhtani, Maryam Ghadiri
Robinson, Lucy D.
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description BioBlitzes, typically one-day citizen science (CS) events, provide opportunities for the public to participate in data collection for research and conservation, potentially promoting deeper engagement with science. We observed 81 youth at 15 BioBlitzes in the U.S. and U.K., identifying five steps participants use to create a biological record (Exploring, Observing, Identifying, Documenting and Recording). We found 67 youth engaged in at least one of the steps, but seldom in all, with rare participation in Recording which is crucial for contributing data to CS. These findings suggest BioBlitzes should reduce barriers to Recording for youth to increase engagement with science.
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spelling pubmed-76129732022-07-05 Step by step towards citizen science — deconstructing youth participation in BioBlitzes Lorke, Julia Ballard, Heidi L. Miller, Annie E. Swanson, Rebecca D. Pratt-Taweh, Sasha Jennewein, Jessie N. Higgins, Lila Johnson, Rebecca F. Young, Alison N. Khanaposhtani, Maryam Ghadiri Robinson, Lucy D. JCOM J Sci Commun Article BioBlitzes, typically one-day citizen science (CS) events, provide opportunities for the public to participate in data collection for research and conservation, potentially promoting deeper engagement with science. We observed 81 youth at 15 BioBlitzes in the U.S. and U.K., identifying five steps participants use to create a biological record (Exploring, Observing, Identifying, Documenting and Recording). We found 67 youth engaged in at least one of the steps, but seldom in all, with rare participation in Recording which is crucial for contributing data to CS. These findings suggest BioBlitzes should reduce barriers to Recording for youth to increase engagement with science. 2021-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7612973/ /pubmed/35795087 http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.20040203 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This article is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution — NonCommercial — NoDerivativeWorks 4.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
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Lorke, Julia
Ballard, Heidi L.
Miller, Annie E.
Swanson, Rebecca D.
Pratt-Taweh, Sasha
Jennewein, Jessie N.
Higgins, Lila
Johnson, Rebecca F.
Young, Alison N.
Khanaposhtani, Maryam Ghadiri
Robinson, Lucy D.
Step by step towards citizen science — deconstructing youth participation in BioBlitzes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7612973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35795087
http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.20040203
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