Duration: 2018 – 2022
Principal Researcher
Rosalina Maria De Almeida Gabriel
Team Members
Maria Pacheco Figueiredo
Funding
FCT
Research line:
Education, Citizenship and Inclusion
The Field Guide project aims to improve the scientific literacy levels of children and young people living in the Azores archipelago. With one of the lowest academic success rates in Portugal, this project will combine place-based learning and context-sensitive mobile technology to promote more active and meaningful learning experiences in the region. Through the design of a mobile electronic field guide, the project will offer the younger generation the opportunity to explore, learn and monitor their immediate environment. Designed to interact with existing biodiversity portals and their databases, the mobile electronic field guide that will be designed for the project will use the power of context-sensitive technology to shape young people's understanding of the natural world, while also which raises awareness of one of the main ones - oceanic island ecosystems.