Ask a Scientist : using place-based mobile learning to promote adolescents’ interest in nature

• Author(s): Silva, Alexandra R. ; Gabriel, Rosalina ; Arroz, Ana Moura ; Sousa, Daniel ; Piasentin, Flora Bonazzi ; Rosário, Isabel Amorim do ; Matos, Sónia
• Date: 2022
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6595
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Inquiry-based Learning; Exposure to Nature; Nature Conservation; Environmental Education
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório da Universidade dos Açores

Description

Questioning can be an important instrument to promote students' interest in nature. In this study, based on questions from local adolescents about nature, we designed mobile learning materials focused on local nature-rich environments in the form of podcast episodes and tested them, in a quasi-experimental design, with a new group of adolescents to assess their efficacy in promoting participants’ curiosity about nature. Contributions of this study include insights for future research on technological nature and adolescents' interaction with nature and educational developments related to place-based learning for nature conservation.