SySTEM 2020 Project Data on Science Learning Ecologies of Young Learners (SUF edition)

Full edition for scientific use. The dataset comprises the data from 1468 young learners aged between 8 and 21, who stem from 17 European countries and Israel/Palestine and participated in science workshops offered by 19 museums and maker spaces. Data was collected in the realm of the H2020-funded SySTEM 2020 project by the means of a quantitative survey. The survey operationalised the approach of science learning ecologies to investigate the way young learners connect with science.
The dataset includes information about the everyday activities, which might foster informal science learning, the social environment of the learners, their attitudes towards science in general as well as towards science lessons in school and further comprises socio-demographic information about the respondents.
The survey data was collected longitudinally, with 736 participants answering the same survey twice within the period of one year. Additionally, the cross-sectional data of 732 participants, who were only reached once, is included in the data set.