Boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practices
Working as an interdisciplinary team, from the departments of Education and Biology we organized a short experiential learning seminar followed by a hands-on workshop for the promotion of citizen scientific literacy. Participants were adult lifelong learners enrolled in University programs, and oth...
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| author | Eduardo Dopico Alba Ardura Yaisel J. Borrell Laura Miralles Eva García-Vázquez |
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Working as an interdisciplinary team, from the departments of Education and Biology we organized a short experiential learning seminar followed by a hands-on workshop for the promotion of citizen scientific literacy. Participants were adult lifelong learners enrolled in University programs, and others were adults interested in scientific activities without a motivation towards continuous learning. Through a teaching dynamic based on learning science by doing science, they could make close contact with the research procedures in scientific laboratories and learn about the use of DNA to identify unknown fish species. The data collected about their learning gains in this science literacy experience showed that elder lifelong learners found the basic scientific concepts more difficult to understand than the non-lifelong learners, but were more motivated to engage in science education activities than the latter, which makes them a very interesting potential group to recruit for citizen science initiatives.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b09e1391ca645c19ea53808740412ba2025-02-17T13:10:26ZengLinköping University Electronic PressEuropean Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults2000-74262021-06-0112210.3384/rela.2000-7426.ojs1717Boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practicesEduardo Dopico0Alba Ardura1Yaisel J. Borrell2Laura Miralles3Eva García-Vázquez4University of OviedoUniversity of OviedoUniversity of OviedoUniversity of OviedoUniversity of Oviedo Working as an interdisciplinary team, from the departments of Education and Biology we organized a short experiential learning seminar followed by a hands-on workshop for the promotion of citizen scientific literacy. Participants were adult lifelong learners enrolled in University programs, and others were adults interested in scientific activities without a motivation towards continuous learning. Through a teaching dynamic based on learning science by doing science, they could make close contact with the research procedures in scientific laboratories and learn about the use of DNA to identify unknown fish species. The data collected about their learning gains in this science literacy experience showed that elder lifelong learners found the basic scientific concepts more difficult to understand than the non-lifelong learners, but were more motivated to engage in science education activities than the latter, which makes them a very interesting potential group to recruit for citizen science initiatives. https://rela.ep.liu.se/article/view/1717Citizen sciencehands-on lab practicelifelong learningscience literacyvolunteering engagement |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Dopico Alba Ardura Yaisel J. Borrell Laura Miralles Eva García-Vázquez Boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practices European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults Citizen science hands-on lab practice lifelong learning science literacy volunteering engagement |
| title | Boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practices |
| title_full | Boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practices |
| title_fullStr | Boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practices |
| title_short | Boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practices |
| title_sort | boosting adults scientific literacy with experiential learning practices |
| topic | Citizen science hands-on lab practice lifelong learning science literacy volunteering engagement |
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