Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science

Miriam Brandt; Quentin Groom; Alexandra Magro; Dusan Misevic; Claire L. Narraway; Till Bruckermann; Anna Beniermann; Tom Borsen; Josefa Gonzalez; Sofie Meeus; Helen E. Roy; Xana Sa-Pinto; Jorge Roberto Torres; Tania Jenkins

doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1077

Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science

Miriam Brandt, Quentin Groom, Alexandra Magro, Dusan Misevic, Claire L. Narraway, Till Bruckermann, Anna Beniermann, Tom Borsen, Josefa Gonzalez, Sofie Meeus, Helen E. Roy, Xana Sa-Pinto, Jorge Roberto Torres, Tania Jenkins

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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
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1077
State	Published - 10 Aug 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

education
evaluation
evolution misconceptions
learning
public participation in scientific research

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Brandt, M., Groom, Q., Magro, A., Misevic, D., Narraway, C. L., Bruckermann, T., Beniermann, A., Borsen, T., Gonzalez, J., Meeus, S., Roy, H. E., Sa-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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