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Knowledge Gain and Behavioral Change in Citizen-Science Programs

机译:公民科学计划中的知识获取和行为改变

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Abstract: Citizen-science programs are often touted as useful for advancing conservation literacy, scientific knowledge, and increasing scientific-reasoning skills among the public. Guidelines for collaboration among scientists and the public are lacking and the extent to which these citizen-science initiatives change behavior is relatively unstudied. Over two years, we studied 82 participants in a three-day program that included education about non-native invasive plants and collection of data on the occurrence of those plants. Volunteers were given background knowledge about invasive plant ecology and trained on a specific protocol for collecting invasive plant data. They then collected data and later gathered as a group to analyze data and discuss responsible environmental behavior with respect to invasive plants. We tested whether participants without experience in plant identification and with little knowledge of invasive plants increased their knowledge of invasive species ecology, participation increased knowledge of scientific methods, and participation affected behavior. Knowledge of invasive plants increased on average 24%, but participation was insufficient to increase understanding of how scientific research is conducted. Participants reported increased ability to recognize invasive plants and increased awareness of effects of invasive plants on the environment, but this translated into little change in behavior regarding invasive plants. Potential conflicts between scientific goals, educational goals, and the motivation of participants must be considered during program design.
机译:摘要:公民科学计划经常被吹捧为提高公众的保护素养,科学知识和提高科学推理技能有用。缺乏科学家与公众之间合作的指南,并且这些公民科学计划改变行为的程度还相对未被研究。在两年的时间里,我们研究了82名参与者,进行了为期三天的计划,其中包括有关非本地入侵植物的教育以及有关这些植物发生情况的数据的收集。为志愿者提供了有关入侵植物生态学的背景知识,并接受了收集入侵植物数据的特定协议方面的培训。然后,他们收集了数据,后来作为一个小组进行了收集,以分析数据并讨论有关入侵植物的负责任的环境行为。我们测试了没有植物鉴定经验,对入侵植物知识很少的参与者是否增加了他们对入侵物种生态学的了解,参与者对科学方法的了解是否增加以及参与者对行为的影响。入侵植物的知识平均增加了24%,但参与程度不足以增进对科学研究进行方式的了解。与会者报告说,提高了对入侵植物的认识,并提高了对入侵植物对环境影响的认识,但这转化为入侵植物行为方面的变化很小。在计划设计过程中,必须考虑科学目标,教育目标和参与者动机之间的潜在冲突。

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