SORGO, Andrej, Muhammet USAK, Milan KUBIATKO, Jana FANČOVIČOVÁ, Pavol PROKOP, Miro PUHEK, Jiří SKODA and Mehmet BAHAR. A cross-cultural study on freshmens knowledge of genetics, evolution, and the nature of science. Journal of Baltic Science Education. 2014, vol. 13, No 1, p. 6-18. ISSN 1822-7864.
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Original name A cross-cultural study on freshmens knowledge of genetics, evolution, and the nature of science
Authors SORGO, Andrej (705 Slovenia), Muhammet USAK (792 Turkey), Milan KUBIATKO (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jana FANČOVIČOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Pavol PROKOP (703 Slovakia), Miro PUHEK (705 Slovenia), Jiří SKODA (203 Czech Republic) and Mehmet BAHAR (792 Turkey).
Edition Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2014, 1822-7864.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50300 5.3 Education
Country of publisher Lithuania
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14410/14:00075413
Organization unit Faculty of Education
UT WoS 000334107400002
Keywords in English evolution; genetics; human evolution; nature of science; non-scientific explanations
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: PaedDr. Milan Kubiatko, PhD., učo 108312. Changed: 13/9/2015 18:15.
Abstract
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.
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