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Informal learning in Citizen Science

open access: yes, 2016
, 2016Kloetzer, L. (2016). Informal learning in Citizen Science. Department of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland.
Kloetzer, Laure
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Database of the educational role of Citizen Science in the framework of Open Science from the paradigm of complex thinking

open access: yes, 2022
<p>Database for the analysis of the educational role of Citizen Science projects in the framework of Open Science from the paradigm of complex thinking</p ...
Citizen
core   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Mapping of Citizen Science Projects for Disaster Risk Reduction

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2019
Citizen science for disaster risk reduction (DRR) holds huge promise and has demonstrated success in advancing scientific knowledge, providing early warning of hazards, and contributed to the assessment and management of impacts.
Anna Hicks   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Citizen Science Terminology Matters: Exploring Key Terms

open access: yesCitizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2017
Much can be at stake depending on the choice of words used to describe citizen science, because terminology impacts how knowledge is developed. Citizen science is a quickly evolving field that is mobilizing people’s involvement in information development,
M V Eitzel   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Can People with Intellectual Disabilities Be Supported to Engage in Citizen Science?

open access: yesLubelski Rocznik Pedagogiczny
Introduction: In the scientific community, there is growing interest in citizen science as an approach to involving non-experts in scientific research.
Jessica Carr, Jane Seale
doaj   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Social license through citizen science: a tool for marine conservation

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2019
Active and meaningful public engagement is necessary to foster informed and publicly accepted natural resource management. Citizen science presents an important avenue by which to achieve such engagement.
Rachel Kelly   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

"Citizen Science"? Rethinking Science and Public Participation

open access: yes
Since the late twentieth century, “citizen science” has become an increasingly fashionable label for a growing number of participatory research activities.
Baudry, Jérôme   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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