Citizen Science in Schools: Supporting Implementation of Innovative Learning Environments Using Design-Centric Research-Practice Partnerships

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Maya Benichou, Osnat Atias, Ornit Sagy, Yael Kali, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari

Published: 2019, Last Modified: 22 Jan 2026CSCL 2019EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Citizen Science can be used in schools to enhance science learning, bringing people from distinct cultural communities to a joint endeavor. This research examines how this unique setting can be turned into a mutually-beneficial learning ecology. To do so, a Design- Centric Research-Practice Partnership (DC-RPP) approach was applied in an elementary school, while examining what mechanisms of intervention can serve to support the development of the learning ecology.