Zárybnická Markéta, Sklenicka Petr, Tryjanowski Piotr
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
PLoS Biol. 2017 Jan 6;15(1):e2001132. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001132. eCollection 2017 Jan.
The quality of people's knowledge of nature has always had a significant influence on their approach to wildlife and nature conservation. However, direct interactions of people with nature are greatly limited nowadays, especially because of urbanization and modern lifestyles. As a result, our isolation from the natural world has been growing. Here, we present an example of a state-of-the-art Citizen Science project with its educational, scientific, and popularizing benefits. We conclude that modern media and new forms of education offer an effective opportunity for inspiring children and others to have fun learning to act like scientists. This approach provides broad opportunities for developing the hitherto neglected educational potential of Citizen Science.
人们对自然的认知质量一直对他们对待野生动物和自然保护的方式有着重大影响。然而,如今人们与自然的直接互动受到极大限制,尤其是由于城市化和现代生活方式。结果,我们与自然世界的隔离一直在加剧。在此,我们展示一个具有教育、科学和普及效益的前沿公民科学项目实例。我们得出结论,现代媒体和新的教育形式为激发儿童及其他人像科学家一样快乐学习提供了有效契机。这种方法为开发公民科学迄今被忽视的教育潜力提供了广泛机会。