Genetics is considered one of the toughest fields in biology, and is also a branch of biology, which in the last half century, has experienced impressive progress. Due to the findings in genetics today, we are able to treat various diseases, develop various biotechnological processes and acquire new varieties of plants and breeds of animals. Findings in genetics have brought about some dilemmas that encroach on the area of the society, too.
With the renovation of the Biology curriculum for primary schools, a lot of content involving genetics was included. Genetics is now not only an optional subject, but is a part of the compulsory program , and its contents are included in eighth and ninth grade of primary school .
In this thesis, we wanted to discover the level of pupils knowledge about genetics in chosen elementary schools. We wanted to find out, whether there are differences in skills between girls and boys and between eight and nine graders. We wanted to know whether the level of education affects the performance at the examination, that we prepared. We found that there are statistically significant differences in knowledge of genetics regarding the grade, while statistically significant differences according to sex are noticeable only in a small number of issues. We have also found out, that pupils demonstrate good knowledge but worse specific knowledge of genetics.
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