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Integrating Authentic Scientific Research in a Conservation Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
- Source :
- Natural Sciences Education. 47:180004
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been developed to overcome barriers including students in research. However, there are few examples of CUREs that take place in a conservation and natural resource context with students engaging in field research. Here, we highlight the development of a conservation-focused CURE integrated to a research program, research benefits, student self-assessment of learning, and perception of the CURE. With the additional data, researchers were able to refine species distribution models and facilitate management decisions. Most students reported gains in their scientific skills, felt they had engaged in meaningful, real-world research. In student reflections on how this experience helped clarify their professional intentions, many reported being more likely to enroll in graduate programs and seek employment related to science. Also interesting was all students reported being more likely to talk with friends, family, or the public about wildlife conservation issues after participating, indicating that courses like this can have effects beyond the classroom, empowering students to be advocates and translators of science. Field-based, conservation-focused CUREs can create meaningful conservation and natural resource experiences with authentic scientific teaching practices.
- Subjects :
- Medical education
Research program
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05 social sciences
050301 education
Context (language use)
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Natural resource
Undergraduate research
Perception
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Field research
Psychology
0503 education
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Wildlife conservation
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21688281
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Natural Sciences Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........cad6558d502a8bda6f1567c86202d397