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Mueller, Tippins, and Bryan (2012) presented a new conceptualization of citizen science that is meant to facilitate emerging trends in the democratization of science and science education to produce civically engaged students. I review some relevant trends in the field of citizen science, for clarity here referred to as public participation in scientific research (PPSR), and present overlooked styles and outcomes of PPSR. Education efforts should seize the opportunity to emphasize the key and distinct roles students can play in both the science and the values elements that inform decision-making processes.

IS SCIENCE IN ITSELF A FACTOR OF INTEGRATION AND POLITICAL MODERNIZATION, AND THAT WHATEVER BE THE SYMBOLICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL VALUE THAT EACH OF US ATTRIBUTES TO SCIENCE ACCORDING TO HIS EDUCATION, HIS TRAINING, HIS BELIEFS AND HIS IDEOLOGICAL OPINIONS? AT THE MOMENT WHEN POLITICS SEEK SNEW INSTRUMENTS OF POWER FROM SCIENCE, MEN OF SCIENCE QUESTION THE INTENT OF THE RESEARCH.