Effect Evaluation of the Integration of Citizen Science Activities into Environmental Education Project Design: A Case Study of the Spring Swallow Survey Project

Abstract

Citizen science is a process that seeks to involve the public in scientific projects through systematic data collection and observations of natural phenomena. Environmental education centres on the relationship between humans and nature and has attracted the attention of more and more educators because of its increasingly important educational value. This paper reports an empirical study on environmental education projects featuring observations of natural phenomena and using local environmental resources. Using the Spring Swallow Survey project as an example, the design ideas and evaluation framework for the project are analysed. The implementation effect of the project is examined quantitatively and qualitatively. Finally, the resource package used in the project is revised and redeveloped according to the effect evaluation data.