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Janis, a 13-year-old African-American, is speaking about her participation in a community-based program focused on investigating energy issues in her community. She refers to herself as a Community Science Expert [CSE] because of what she knows about science and her community. To Janis and her peers, CSEs are “committed,” “ready to learn,” “willing to take on big problems to help your community,” “take educated action” and are “make-a-difference experts.”
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Calabrese Barton, A. (2015). Section Editorial – Ponder This: Taking Educated Action with and in Science. In: Mueller, M., Tippins, D. (eds) EcoJustice, Citizen Science and Youth Activism. Environmental Discourses in Science Education, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11608-2_27
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