“…However, despite their lower understanding of science, older participants were not discouraged to keep involved in this informal context of hands-on experiential learning. On the contrary, as in other studies (Manninen & Meriläinen, 2014;Retzbach, Otto, & Maier, 2015;Jones, Corin, Andre, Childers, & Stevens, 2017;Bjursell, 2019), they showed a greater motivation to learn and greater social interaction initiatives with the group. Boosting research on learning in adulthood (Schmidt-Hertha, Formosa & Fragoso, 2019), in an increasingly aging Europe, is a stimulus and a challenge for pedagogy aimed at adults.…”