A Role for Nature-Based Citizen Science in Promoting Individual and Collective Climate Change Action? A Systematic Review of Learning Outcomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Groulx ◽  
Marie Claire Brisbois ◽  
Christopher J. Lemieux ◽  
Amanda Winegardner ◽  
LeeAnn Fishback
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Potential Evaluation

As a model of communication and engagement, citizen science has the potential to promote individual and collective climate change action. This article systematically reviewed literature that jointly addressed climate change and nature-based citizen science and identified 23 reported learning outcomes. Overall, evidence related to learning outcomes was limited across reviewed studies, but documentation of outcomes that are directly relevant to collective climate action was particularly scarce. Findings suggest more research examining citizen science from a collective climate action perspective is needed. To support future research efforts, results link the 23 revealed learning outcomes to two potential evaluation frameworks.

Reframing Climate-Induced Socio-Environmental Conflicts: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesare M Scartozzi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Changement Climatique ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Revisión Sistemática ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Abstract This article draws a comprehensive map of conflict climate change scholarship. It uses visualizations and descriptive statistics to trace the temporal, spatial, and topical evolution of the field of study via a bibliometric analysis of more than six hundred publications. It then proceeds to summarize findings, theoretical explanations, and methodological approaches. Overall, this systematic review shows a remarkable inconsistency of evidence among publications. As a way forward, this article recommends future research to use computational models, informed by a social-ecological perspective, to better explore the link between climate change and conflict. Resumen En este artículo se traza un mapa integral de la erudición conflictiva del cambio climático. Se utilizan visualizaciones y estadísticas descriptivas para rastrear la evolución temporal, espacial y temática del campo de estudio mediante un análisis bibliométrico de más de seiscientas publicaciones. Luego, continúa con un resumen de los hallazgos, las explicaciones teóricas y los enfoques metodológicos. En términos generales, esta revisión sistemática muestra una notable incoherencia de evidencias entre las publicaciones. En este artículo se recomiendan investigaciones a futuro para utilizar los modelos computacionales, informados con una perspectiva socioecológica, a fin de explorar mejor la conexión entre el cambio climático y los conflictos. Extrait Cet article offre une représentation complète des recherches portant sur les conflits liés au changement climatique. Il utilise des visualisations et des statistiques descriptives pour retracer l’évolution temporelle, spatiale et thématique de ce domaine d’étude via une analyse bibliométrique de plus de six cents publications. Il résume ensuite les constatations, explications théoriques et approches méthodologiques. Globalement, cette synthèse systématique montre une incohérence remarquable des preuves entre les publications. Pour aller de l'avant, cet article recommande que les recherches futures passent par des modèles informatiques éclairés par une perspective socio-écologique pour mieux explorer le lien entre le changement climatique et les conflits.

Mobile Technology and Student Learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Pollara ◽  
Kelly Kee Broussard
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Learning Research

As mobile devices become ubiquitous, it is necessary to analyze if and how these devices can be used for learning. This systematic review is part of a larger review that analyzed 21 mobile learning research studies published from 2005-present. Eleven studies that focused specifically on student learning outcomes and processes are summarized in this review in order to better understand the direction of mobile learning in mainstream education. Overall, studies were found to be positive and indicated several benefits of using mobile devices for learning including an increase in achievement, productivity, engagement, and motivation. This paper also highlights recommendations for future research and practice in the field of mobile learning, specifically focusing on the way personal mobile device ownership may influence learning both inside and outside the classroom.

scholarly journals Climate Change Adaptation in the Coastal Tourism Hotel Sector: The case of Sihanoukville, Cambodia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinat Nhep ◽  
Christian Schott ◽  
Mondher Sahli
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Coastal Tourism ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Hotel Sector ◽  
Hotel Managers

Cambodia is a country, which has seen very rapid tourism development over the last decade, while also being identified as very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (CC) by several key international agencies. This paper takes the form of a climate change-focused case study of the coastal tourism hotel sector in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville. It is based on semi-structured interviews with hotel managers and field observations. The paper’s aims are sequential and start by initially examining to what extent Sihanoukville’s hotel sector is vulnerable to CC, which is followed by an analysis of the hotel sector’s adaptation. Finally the type and nature of adaption is critically compared and contrasted by star rating and location relative to the seashore. Some interesting findings emerge that highlight paradoxes in the context of the vulnerability- adaptation dynamic. Future research should investigate the barriers and critical success factors (SF) for CC adaptation (CCA), as these factors will provide valuable insights into the vulnerability-adaptation dynamic in Sihanoukville, thereby contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 Climate Action.

scholarly journals Climate Change: Risky Business?

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 1043
Author(s):  
Lara E. Lázaro Touza ◽  
Michel S. Zoghby
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Burden Sharing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Ipcc Report ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Tail Events ◽  
Environmentally Sound ◽  
Insurance Decisions ◽  
Risky Business

The recently released IPCC report states that climate change is unequivocal, unprecedented and anthropogenic in origin. Climate change is a three-pronged global externality with environmental, socio-economic and political consequences.. It may unleash ‘catastrophic’ losses in welfare if tipping points are crossed. Actions to avert catastrophic outcomes should arguably resemble insurance decisions rather than investment decisions. Early recommendations from the economics community on a climate policy ramp have been partially upended by stronger calls for action based, inter alia, on severe tail events. Efforts by the international community to respond to more urgent calls for action have so far failed to materialise. Future research on severe tail events, environmentally sound technologies and the establishment of more acceptable burden sharing agreements may improve the current grim prospects for effective and efficient climate action.

scholarly journals Climate Change Adaptation in the Coastal Tourism Hotel Sector: The case of Sihanoukville, Cambodia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinat Nhep ◽  
Christian Schott ◽  
Mondher Sahli
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Coastal Tourism ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Hotel Sector ◽  
Hotel Managers

Cambodia is a country, which has seen very rapid tourism development over the last decade, while also being identified as very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (CC) by several key international agencies. This paper takes the form of a climate change-focused case study of the coastal tourism hotel sector in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville. It is based on semi-structured interviews with hotel managers and field observations. The paper’s aims are sequential and start by initially examining to what extent Sihanoukville’s hotel sector is vulnerable to CC, which is followed by an analysis of the hotel sector’s adaptation. Finally the type and nature of adaption is critically compared and contrasted by star rating and location relative to the seashore. Some interesting findings emerge that highlight paradoxes in the context of the vulnerability- adaptation dynamic. Future research should investigate the barriers and critical success factors (SF) for CC adaptation (CCA), as these factors will provide valuable insights into the vulnerability-adaptation dynamic in Sihanoukville, thereby contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 Climate Action.

scholarly journals Environmental Citizen Science Initiatives as a Springboard towards the Education for Environmental Citizenship: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13692
Author(s):  
Anastasia Adamou ◽  
Yiannis Georgiou ◽  
Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi ◽  
Andreas Hadjichambis
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Private Sphere ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Subsequent Transformation ◽  
Environmental Citizenship ◽  
Environmental Actions

Environmental Citizen Science (CS) initiatives have been recognized over time as a promising way to engage citizens in the investigation and management of various socio-ecological issues. In this context, it has been often hypothesized that these CS initiatives may also contribute to the education and subsequent transformation of citizens into environmentally aware and active citizens. However, the potential of CS to serve as a springboard for supporting Education for Environmental Citizenship (EEC) has not been explored yet. A systematic review was conducted, seeking to examine how citizens’ participation in environmental CS initiatives contributes to the EEC, as a venue through which citizens can undertake actions in different scales (local, national, global) to achieve environmental citizenship. A content analysis procedure was implemented on thirty-one empirical studies (n = 31) retrieved from a systematic review of the literature covering the timespan of the last two decades (2000–2020), according to the PRISMA methodology. The findings indicated that the majority of the reviewed environmental CS initiatives primarily enhanced citizens’ skills and knowledge over the competences of attitudes, values, and behaviors. In addition, it was found that CS initiatives empowered primarily citizens’ personal and responsible environmental actions, which were situated in the private sphere and at the local scale. The derived environmental outcomes were mainly related to the solution and prevention of environmental problems. Finally, correlational statistical analysis indicated that there were strong correlations between the Environmental Citizenship (EC) competences, actions and EEC outcomes and unveiled a set of keystone components; namely, components of crucial significance in the field of EC. We reflect on these findings, and we discuss directions for future research.

scholarly journals Analysis of Research on the Sdgs: The Relationship between Climate Change, Poverty and Inequality.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Pérez-Peña ◽  
Mercedes Jiménez-García ◽  
Jose Ruiz-Chico ◽  
Antonio Rafael Peña-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Number Of Publications

Since its adoption in September 2015, the 2030 Agenda has laid the foundations for a model of shared prosperity for a sustainable world. We are going through a complicated pandemic that shows profound inequalities affecting our economies, health, and quality of life. For this reason, our aim in this work is to make known the state of the art of scientific research related to inequality, poverty, and climate change and to propose lines of improvement that can contribute to achieving 3 of the 17 SDGs (End poverty-SDG 1-, Reduce inequality-SDG 10-, and Climate action -SDG 13-), proposed in the 2030 Agenda. To do so, we have used a systematic literature review methodology. The results show that poverty, inequality and climate change is a subject that has been little studied and articulated by researchers, with significant differences between the different areas studied. Topics related to sustainability and economics are those with the highest number of publications (51.7%). The rest are distributed among the 12 existing departments. Another relevant finding is that the effects of climate change are more pressing for more vulnerable populations, including impoverished women from rural areas and children from underdeveloped countries. This is a gender and social inequality that has been little addressed in climate change studies. Food security and energy poverty is another under-exploited aspect in this area. According to the results obtained in this work, we consider that the circular economy could improve these indicators, constituting a line of future research. Thus, one of its main objectives is to eliminate negative externalities, specifically existing social inequalities within the current linear economy model.

scholarly journals Analysis of Research on the SDGs: The Relationship between Climate Change, Poverty and Inequality

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 8947
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Pérez-Peña ◽  
Mercedes Jiménez-García ◽  
Jose Ruiz-Chico ◽  
Antonio Rafael Peña-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Number Of Publications

Since its adoption in September 2015, the 2030 Agenda has laid the foundations for a model of shared prosperity for a sustainable world. The current global pandemic highlights profound inequalities affecting our economies, health, and quality of life. For this reason, the aim of this study was to present the current state of scientific research related to inequality, poverty, and climate change, and to propose lines of improvement that can contribute to achieving three of the 17 SDGs (end poverty, SDG 1; reduce inequality, SDG 10; and climate action, SDG 13), proposed in the 2030 Agenda. For this purpose, we undertook a systematic literature review. The results show that the subject of poverty, inequality, and climate change has been little studied or articulated by researchers, and significant differences exist between the different areas studied. The highest number of publications (51.7%) is associated with topics related to sustainability—environment and economics. The remainder are distributed among 12 other research areas. Another relevant finding is that the effects of climate change are more pressing for more vulnerable populations, including impoverished women from rural areas and children from underdeveloped countries. This gender and social inequality has been rarely addressed in studies. Food security and energy poverty is another under-researched area. According to the results obtained in this work, we consider that the circular economy may improve these indicators, constituting a line of future research. Thus, one of the main objectives of this approach is to eliminate negative externalities, specifically the existing social inequalities within the current linear economy model.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Augmented Reality in STEM Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Ajit
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Marker Detection

This study presents a systematic review of the existing literature on the benefits and challenges faced regarding the use of augmented reality (AR) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method, a systematic review of the ScienceDirect database identified 19 related studies. Further investigation of these articles resulted in four themes of AR advantages, namely its contribution to learners, the learning outcomes, the interaction of AR, and other benefits. These four themes further produced a total of 16 sub-themes, while the challenges aspect of AR resulted in 5 sub-themes. The most reported benefit of AR is that it stimulates learning achievement. Some observed that the challenges imposed by AR are concerned with marker detection and usability. Several other problems and advantages of AR usage in STEM education were also discovered, which will be discussed in detail. Additionally, the existing gaps of AR study in the STEM education field were identified, and recommendations are therefore presented for future research.

scholarly journals Counting Bees: Learning Outcomes from Participation in the Dutch National Bee Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4703
Author(s):  
Wessel Ganzevoort ◽  
Riyan J. G. van den Born
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Wild Bees ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Citizen Science Project ◽  
The Impact

Citizen science approaches to data collection are growing in popularity, in part because of their potential for achieving both scientific and educational objectives. Evaluating the impacts of participation on citizen scientists is important, yet such evaluations are still relatively rare. In addition, recent literature reviews indicate that existing studies often focus on content learning, make limited use of existing scales, and rarely report null results. This paper reports an evaluation of the demographic profile, motivations and learning outcomes of participants in the Dutch National Bee Survey, a national-scale citizen science project involving citizens in collecting observational data of wild bees. Using a repeated measures survey study, we assessed the impact of participation on respondents’ attitudes and behavioural intentions regarding bees, and their attitudes towards nature, citizenship, and citizen science. Our baseline (N = 373) and follow-up (N = 208) surveys indicate that our respondents are of a relatively high age and education level, have a pre-existing affinity with nature, and are strongly motivated by conservation concerns and learning about bees. Assessment of learning outcomes indicated a significant difference between two types of self-report questions: respondents reported significant gains in knowledge and appreciation of wild bees, yet attitudinal scales indicated no significant shifts in attitudes towards bees, nature, citizen science, or citizenship. In our discussion, we suggest several explanations for this finding, including respondents’ pre-existing affinity with nature, and advance suggestions for future research into citizen science learning outcomes.

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