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Díez Ojeda, María Queiruga Dios, Marián Queiruga Dios, Miguel Ángel 2025-01-29T09:49:10Z 2025-01-29T09:49:10Z 2024-12 0141-8211 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10064 10.1111/EJED.12746 1465-3435 This research analyzes the effect of the implementation ofcitizen science activities in the Environmental Education(EE) subject program of the Degree in Primary Educationapplying Experiential Learning Theory. EnvironmentalAttitudes Inventory (EAI) was used to measure the changein environmental attitudes (EA) of 173 preservice teachersthrough a pre-test–post-test experimental design withouta control group. Participation in the training program sig-nificantly improved EA in the 12 dimensions defined in theEAI. Of the dimensions included in the second order factorPreservation, Enjoyment of nature reached the largest effectsize and Environmental movement activism is the one thatobtains the smallest effect size. With regard to Utilization,all dimensions presented a large effect size. No significantdifferences were found in EA based on the gender variable.It can be concluded that the incorporation of citizen sci-ence activities in the EE program significantly improves EA. Fundación Española para la Ciencia yla Tecnología - Ministerio de Cienciae Innovación; European Commission -Horizon Europe research and innovationprogramme; University of Burgos application/pdf eng Wiley European Journal of Education. 2024, V. 59, n. 4 https://doi.org/10.1111/EJED.12746 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Citizen science Environmental education Inventory of envirnomental attitudes Preservice teachers Educación Enseñanza Education Teaching Changing Spanish preservice teachers' environmental attitudes with a citizen science program integrated in Environmental Education subject info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion European Journal of Education 59 4