H2020Индивидуална стипендия2021–2023

DACIP · Developing Action Competence for Insect Preservation

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2021-08-23 → 2023-08-22
Финансиране от ЕС: 191 852 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Накратко на български

Способността на хората да предприемат конкретни действия за опазване на насекомите се изследва чрез нови образователни методи. Това помага за по-ефективното включване на гражданите в защитата на биоразнообразието и устойчивото бъдеще на природата.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Developing Action Competence for Insect Preservation

The decline of insects is a significant environmental issue, since insects have important ecological functions, e.g. as predators and prey in the food web or as pollinators. Several studies show that the rates of this decline are alarmingly high. Scientists warn about the consequences of insect extinctions and highlight that halting insect decline is key for a sustainable future. The “Developing Action Competence for Insect Preservation (DACIP)” project approaches the problem of insect decline from an educational perspective and aims to empower learners to deal with this issue. The project builds on the concept of action competence, which describes peoples’ ability to solve complex problems. Education based on action competence aims to build up action-oriented knowledge, encouraging the willingness to act and fostering learners’ confidence in own actions. DACIP is the first project that applies this concept of action competence to the issue of insect decline. The project has four main research objectives (ROs): RO 1: Development of a new framework about peoples’ action competence for insect conservation RO 2: Development of instruments to measure the self-perceived level of action competence RO 3: Design of an intervention to foster learners’ action competence RO 4: Measure how the self-perceived action competence changes through a designed intervention These objectives are of high environmental and societal relevance. Knowing about citizens’ action competence builds the foundation to engage citizens more effectively in insect conservation actions. Measuring the self-perceived action competence makes it possible to assess the effectiveness of educational initiatives. Eventually, innovative educational designs can support learners’ competencies to sustain insect biodiversity and therefore contribute to sustainable behavior.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The proposed research project ""Developing Action Competence for Insect Preservation"" (DACIP) approaches the current problem of insect decline from an educational perspective using methods of Educational Design Research (EDR). The research project aims to (i) improve theoretical understanding of citizens’ readiness to take action against insect decline and (ii) to design and investigate options to raise citizens' abilities to preserve insects. To achieve these aims, a novel theoretical framework - Action Competence for Insect Preservation (ACIP) - will be developed in a first step. In a second step, this framework is used for developing novel quantitative and qualitative research instruments to investigate citizens' abilities to preserve insects and for designing innovative educational interventions to raise citizens’ ACIP. These interventions will include wildlife gardening and citizen science as core elements. In a third step, the effectiveness of these interventions will be assessed: For this assessment, the designed interventions will be implemented at compulsory schools in Karlstad (grade 7). The change of ACIP will be assessed in a pre-post-design with 500 students, comparing the intervention group with a control group using the new quantitative and qualitative instruments. Consequently, the proposed research project provides three important benefits: a) The new framework (ACIP) builds a foundation for the development of conservation initiatives addressing citizens effectively b) The new instruments make it possible to investigate citizens' abilities in preserving insects: This can be used to assess the effectiveness of initiatives focusing on insect preservation, which can boost the effectiveness of such iniatives by enabling targeted improvements. c) The designed interventions to foster citizens' ACIP will be made available on a large scale. Therefore, the project can contribute significantly to achieve global biodiversity and sustainability goals.""

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET · KarlstadКоординаторШвеция