Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science

Mirjam Brandt; Quentin Groom; Alexandra Magro Magro; Dusan  Misevic; Claire L.  Narraway; Till  Bruckermann; Anna  Beniermann; Tom Børsen; Josefa   González; Sofie  Meeus; Helen E.  Roy; Xana  Sá-Pinto; Jorge Roberto  Torres; Tania  Jenkins

doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1077

Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science

Mirjam Brandt, Quentin Groom, Alexandra Magro Magro, Dusan Misevic, Claire L. Narraway, Till Bruckermann, Anna Beniermann , Tom Børsen, Josefa González, Sofie Meeus, Helen E. Roy, Xana Sá-Pinto, Jorge Roberto Torres, Tania Jenkins^*

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	20221077
Journal	Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume	289
Issue number	1980
Number of pages	10
ISSN	0962-8452
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1077
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2022

Keywords

Citizen Science
Climate Change
Community Participation
Humans
Learning
Literacy
evaluation
public participation in scientific research
education
evolution misconceptions
learning

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Brandt, M., Groom, Q., Magro, A. M., Misevic, D., Narraway, C. L., Bruckermann, T., Beniermann , A., Børsen, T., González, J., Meeus, S., Roy, H. E., Sá-Pinto, X., Torres, J. R., & Jenkins, T. (2022). Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1980), Article 20221077. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1077

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