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Title: | Novel tools and best practices for education about invasive alien species | Authors: | Verbrugge, Laura Dawson, Murray Gettys, Lyn Leuven, Rob Marchante, Hélia Marchante, Elizabete Nummi, Petri Rutenfrans, Annerie Schneider, Katrin Vanderhoeven, Sonia |
Keywords: | communication; citizen science; environmental education; non-native species; outreach; public awareness; weeds | Issue Date: | 2021 | Publisher: | Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre | Project: | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB/04004/2020 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Management of Biological Invasions | Volume: | 12 | Issue: | 1 | Abstract: | Increasing public awareness is a prerequisite for successful management of invasive alien species (IAS). Environmental education can play an important role in this process by providing relevant learning outcomes and experiences for youth and students, as well as professionals in different sectors associated with introduction pathways or who are involved in mitigation and eradication of IAS. This paper responds to the urgent call for the inclusion of the IAS topic in education through the development, implementation and evaluation of novel and user-friendly educational materials. The aim of this paper is to describe best practices in IAS education and to share the lessons learned from eight educational projects from seven different countries. We discuss four challenges for IAS education, related to (1) inconsistent and ambiguous terminology, (2) communicating risk, (3) implementation of education materials, and (4) evaluation of learning effects. Examples of best practices are the use of smartphone applications and gaming elements, place-based education and exhibitions. We also note the importance of open access publishing of education materials to make them easily available. We intend this discussion to serve as a source of inspiration to researchers, science communicators and teachers and to spur the development of new teaching materials worldwide. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/105197 | ISSN: | 19898649 | DOI: | 10.3391/mbi.2021.12.1.02 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CFE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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