In recent years the results of many studies have shown that students` interest in science is declining, so the main topic of the Master`s thesis will be the interes tof primary school students in selected topics in biology and science. More specifically, the following topics were discussed: bacteria, human body and the impact of humans on nature and the environment. With the help of a questionnarie, we investigated which topics are most and least interesing for students, whether there are differences in interest between boys and girls and different ages, and what attitudes students have towards biology and science. The study involved 242 students, 125 boys and 117 girls.
We discovered that students were most interested in the structure and functioning of human body and certain environmental problems, and least interested in the structure and functioning of bacteria. There are differences between boys and girls in terms of interest in certain topics, but these differencess are not very outstanding. Girls are more interested in the structure and functioning of human body than boys, but in the interest for other topics there are no significant differences between the sexes. Differences in interest appear between sixth-graders and ninth-graders, where sixth-graders are more interested in science that ninth-graders are in biology. Generally speaking, the students are interested in science and biology, they do not always understand everything at the lessons, but they try to do their best. The results also showed that students do not prefer biology and science to other school subjects and would not want extra hours of lessons.
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