Disclosing biology teachers' beliefs about biotechnology and biotechnology education

被引:17
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作者
Fonseca, Maria Joao [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Costa, Patricio [4 ]
Lencastre, Leonor [4 ]
Tavares, Fernando [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Porto, IBMC, P-4150180 Oporto, Portugal
[2] Univ Porto, Dept Biol, Fac Ciencias, P-4169007 Oporto, Portugal
[3] Univ Porto, CIBIO Ctr Invest Biodiversidade & Recursos Genet, P-4485661 Vairao, Portugal
[4] Univ Porto, Fac Psicol & Ciencias Educ, P-4200135 Oporto, Portugal
关键词
Beliefs; Biotechnology education; Secondary school; Inservice biology teachers; EXPLORATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS; STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE; HIGH-SCHOOL; ATTITUDES; SCIENCE; VIEWS; ACCEPTANCE; CHALLENGE; RETENTION; OPINION;
D O I
10.1016/j.tate.2011.11.007
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Teachers have been shown to frequently avoid addressing biotechnology topics. Aiming to understand the extent to which teachers' scarce engagement in biotechnology teaching is influenced by their beliefs and/or by extrinsic constraints, such as practical limitations, this study evaluates biology teachers' beliefs about biotechnology and biotechnology teaching. The findings of a survey administered to 93 secondary school teachers reveal that, in spite of holding positive beliefs about biotechnology, teachers overestimate the obstacles presented at biotechnology teaching, particularly concerning material and resource limitations. Implications of these findings for teacher training program design are discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:368 / 381
页数:14
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