2014
A cross-cultural study on freshmens knowledge of genetics, evolution, and the nature of science
SORGO, Andrej, Muhammet USAK, Milan KUBIATKO, Jana FANČOVIČOVÁ, Pavol PROKOP et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
A cross-cultural study on freshmens knowledge of genetics, evolution, and the nature of science
Autoři
SORGO, Andrej (705 Slovinsko), Muhammet USAK (792 Turecko), Milan KUBIATKO (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí), Jana FANČOVIČOVÁ (703 Slovensko), Pavol PROKOP (703 Slovensko), Miro PUHEK (705 Slovinsko), Jiří SKODA (203 Česká republika) a Mehmet BAHAR (792 Turecko)
Vydání
Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2014, 1822-7864
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
50300 5.3 Education
Stát vydavatele
Litva
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14410/14:00075413
Organizační jednotka
Pedagogická fakulta
UT WoS
000334107400002
Klíčová slova anglicky
evolution; genetics; human evolution; nature of science; non-scientific explanations
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 13. 9. 2015 18:15, PaedDr. Milan Kubiatko, PhD.
Anotace
V originále
The purpose of this study was to measure the freshmens level of knowledge about genetics, evolution, human evolution, the nature of science, and opinions on evolution and the presence of non-scientific explanations among Czech, Slovakian, Slovenian and Turkish students. Determination of prior knowledge and pre-conceptions about these issues is important because they are filters to learning other related concepts. The results are going to be a starting point for developing teaching strategies concerning Darwinian evolution and preparing prospective science teachers for working with students in national and international contexts. A total of 994 first-year university students from the Czech Republic (276; 27.8%), Slovakia (212, 21.3%), Slovenia (217, 27.3%) and Turkey (235, 23.6%) participated in this study. The findings can be summarized as follows: knowledge especially that of the nature of science at the freshmen level was seriously flawed. Non-scientific explanations were present in high percentages. Both were regarded as barriers towards scientific reasoning and acceptance of general human evolution especially for students expressing orthodox religious beliefs.