Evaluation of authentic science projects on climate change in secondary schools: a focus on gender differences

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elma Dijkstra ◽  
Martin Goedhart
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Authentic Science ◽  
Science Projects

Promoting scientific literacy in Evolution through citizen science

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Brandt ◽  
Quentin John Groom ◽  
Alexandra Magro ◽  
Dule Misevic ◽  
Claire Louisa Narraway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Essential Prerequisite

Evolutionary understanding is central to biology as a whole. It is also an essential prerequisite to understanding issues in everyday life, such as advances in medicine and global challenges like 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 can learn about evolution. Despite the potential for citizen science to promote evolution learning opportunities, very few citizen science projects exist to improve scientific literacy in evolution. In this paper, we make the case for incorporating evolution education into citizen science, define key learning goals in the context of evolution, and suggest opportunities for designing and evaluating citizen science projects in order to promote scientific literacy in evolution.

Birding, Citizen Science, and Wildlife Conservation in Sociological Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cherry
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
In The Wild

Abstract Sociological research on wildlife typically looks at how nonhuman animals in the wild are hunted, poached, or captured for entertainment, or how they play a symbolic role in people’s lives. Within sociology, little research exists on how people appreciate nonhuman animals in the wild, and how people contribute to wildlife conservation. I explore birding-related citizen science projects in the US. Citizen science refers to scientific projects carried out by amateurs. Literature on citizen science focuses on the perspective of professional scientists, with the assumption that only professional scientists are concerned with the quality of data from citizen science projects. The research showed birders share this skepticism, but they still find satisfaction in participating in citizen science projects. This paper contributes to sociological understandings of wildlife conservation by showing how birders’ participation in citizen science projects helps professional scientists study environmental problems such as climate change and its effects on wildlife.

scholarly journals Geografilärares och niondeklassares syn på undervisningen om klimatförändringenClimate change education: Geography teachers’ and ninth-graders’ views

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikaela Hermans
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Ninth Graders ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Action Competence ◽  
Made In

It has been increasingly recognised that education plays a key role in addressing human-induced climate change. The ultimate goal of climate change education (CCE) is positive impacts on the climate through both individual and collective actions. The aim of this study is to investigate geography teachers’ and their ninth-graders’ views about CCE. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews with geography teachers (N = 13) and questionnaires for ninth-graders (N = 549) at eleven secondary schools from all parts of Swedish-speaking Finland. The results show that although the students’ attitudes to CCE is positive, it does not supply them with action competence. The geography teachers in this study largely miss the ultimate goal of CCE, pointing at the need for more effort to be made in the process of developing CCE at secondary school.

scholarly journals Exploring Gender differences in attitude towards Mathematics at Secondary Level in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahira Batool ◽  
Sofia Akhter ◽  
Tahira Kalsoom
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Attitude Towards Mathematics

This study was aimed to find out the attitude towards mathematics which were communicating gender difference among secondary level students. A quantitative research approach was used to explore gender difference in relation to the attitude towards mathematics among nine graders. Fifty seven public sector schools in Lahore were selected for this research. All nine graders in public sector secondary schools were target population of current study. Eleven hundred and eighty six students were selected through multistage random sampling for present research.  A questionnaire developed by the researcher was used for exploration of gender difference in relation to students’ attitude towards mathematics at secondary level in Pakistan. It was a Lekert Scale with five points on it. The questionnaire was pilot tested and validated by experts. It was found that overall gender difference in attitude towards mathematics did not significantly exists. Therefore, the reason of difficulty in mathematics is needed to be explored for both boys and girls.

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