• DOI:10.1080/02660830.2014.11661662
Corpus ID: 150979412

Citizen science and lifelong learning

@article{Edwards2014CitizenSA,
  title={Citizen science and lifelong learning},
  author={R. Edwards},
  journal={Studies in the Education of Adults},
  year={2014},
  volume={46},
  pages={132 - 144}
}

R. Edwards

Published 2014

Sociology

Studies in the Education of Adults

Abstract Citizen science projects have grown in number, scale and scope in recent years. Such projects engage members of the public in working with professional scientists in a diverse range of practices. Yet there has been little educational exploration of such projects to date. In particular, there has been limited exploration of the educational backgrounds of adult contributors to citizen science, or of how they have gained knowledge of the area or continue to update it. Drawing upon survey… CONTINUE READING

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