Developing and Implementing a Low-Cost, Portable Pedagogical Kit to Foster Students’ Water Quality Awareness and Engagement by Sampling Coastal Waters and Analyzing Physicochemical Properties

Araújo, José Luís Lopes; Morais, Carla; Paiva, João

doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00333

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“…A similar study has been published as a laboratory experiment focussed on analysing water quality. [21] Through direct observation and student interviews, the authors found similar learning benefits to those described by Rowe and co-workers. [20] While we have provided some specific examples in the area of chemistry, there are few published examples reported.…”

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Student-Focussed Approaches that can Enhance Understanding and Appreciation of Research in the Chemical Sciences

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2021

Aust. J. Chem.

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The alignment of intended learning outcomes for chemistry graduates and the actualised outcomes has been called into question recently. Opportunities to address this lie in the integration of undergraduate learning experiences in which students develop real-world skills and engage with problems that they may encounter as graduates in contemporary workplaces or modern society more broadly. This Highlight article provides an overview of three such approaches, including offering students authentic research experiences within (or outside of) normal degree programs, engaging students in citizen science projects, and considering curriculum reforms to better align with a systems thinking framework. Where possible, we provide explicit examples grounded in the Australian context, accompanied by some thoughts on the challenges that may be encountered when implementing these approaches in practice.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 65%

Student-Focussed Approaches that can Enhance Understanding and Appreciation of Research in the Chemical Sciences

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Bissember²,

Pullen³

2021

Aust. J. Chem.

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“…2. the sampling of coastal waters and polluting plastics from beaches, and analysing the collected waters' physicochemical parameters (pH, temperature, turbidity, percentage of dissolved oxygen, salinity, and concentration of nitrates and nitrites), as well as the qualitative identification of (micro)plastics, using pedagogical kits (Araújo et al, 2020) specifically developed for the purpose, to promote the learning of chemistry curriculum contents related to the project (Araújo et al, 2021); and…”

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Citizen Science as a Pedagogical Tool in Chemistry Education: Students’ Attitudes and Teachers’ Perceptions

Araújo

Morais

Paiva

2022

INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED

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The need of promoting the affective dimension of chemistry literacy in students, through expressions of interest in chemistry-related topics and positive attitudes toward this field, has been emphasized in chemistry education. Thus, the purpose of this study was to understand students' attitudes toward chemistry between the ages of 12 and 14, as well as how their participation in a citizen science project called Perceiving the Value of Chemistry behind water and microplastics (PVC) contributed to possible attitude changes. Although the research focus was chemistry education, chemistry and physics are taught as part of one subject in Portugal, so the attitudes towards physics and chemistry scale was used as a pre-and post-test. The pre-test showed positive attitudes towards physics and chemistry. In the post-test, the control group exhibited significantly negative changes in attitude, in all dimensions; whereas the experimental group revealed no significant changes. Pedagogical dynamics also affect students' attitudes toward chemistry, so we undertook interviews to investigate the project's impact on the pedagogical practices of the nine participating teachers. The results suggest that activities developed within the PVC project were formative for the teachers, allowing them to reflect on their practices and promoting an interdisciplinary approach to the topics addressed, in addition to enabling students to use knowledge in different and new perspectives. Moreover, through the development of pedagogical resources and training within this project, teachers recognized that they would continue this experience.

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“…The project consisted in monitoring coastal waters and marine litter quality in the North Coastal region of Portugal, thus explaining the role of Chemistry in society and its contribution to mitigate environmental issues. Considering the guidelines of the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2021a) and the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for ISSN 1648-3898 /Print/ ISSN 2538-7138 /Online/ Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2021b), as well as the social and scientific relevance of the subject (Li et al, 2020;Mercogliano et al, 2020;Uddin et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2020;Zhang & Chen, 2020), it was considered consistent that marine litter and coastal water quality context, specifically water contamination by plastics and microplastics, would be explored within the PVC project (Araújo et al, 2020a). The PVC project actively engaged students in four main stages:…”

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Students’ Attitudes Towards Science: The Contribution of a Citizen Science Project for Monitoring Coastal Water Quality and (Micro)plastics

Araújo

Morais

Paiva

2021

JBSE

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The promotion of positive attitudes towards science is an important goal of science education. This research aimed to identify students' attitudes towards science and whether their participation within a citizen science project has contributed to positive attitudinal changes. So, an attitudinal scale was developed, validated, and applied (as a pre and post-test) to 574 students aged between 12 and 14 years old. Positive attitudes towards science were recorded from the outset among children of both groups. Students' participation within the experimental group enhanced relevant positive attitudinal changes at the level of the critical analysis dimension, related to the perception of skills development such as questioning or critical thinking. Furthermore, positive attitudinal changes were achieved within the affinity dimension, related to perceived self-efficacy and appreciation of science and science classes. Positive attitudinal changes towards science among students indicate that citizen science contributes to enhance affective and attitudinal domains of their scientific literacy. Keywords: attitudes towards science scale, attitudinal changes, citizen science, science education, water quality monitoring

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Developing and Implementing a Low-Cost, Portable Pedagogical Kit to Foster Students’ Water Quality Awareness and Engagement by Sampling Coastal Waters and Analyzing Physicochemical Properties

Cited by 15 publications

References 14 publications

Student-Focussed Approaches that can Enhance Understanding and Appreciation of Research in the Chemical Sciences

Student-Focussed Approaches that can Enhance Understanding and Appreciation of Research in the Chemical Sciences

Citizen Science as a Pedagogical Tool in Chemistry Education: Students’ Attitudes and Teachers’ Perceptions

Students’ Attitudes Towards Science: The Contribution of a Citizen Science Project for Monitoring Coastal Water Quality and (Micro)plastics

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