Ocena stališč, znanja, in interesa osnovnošolcev v povezavi z gensko spremenjenimi organizmi : diplomsko delo

Janže, Sara (author), Tomažič, Iztok (mentor)

Nova znanja biotehnologije v današnjem času omogočajo, da lahko z ustvarjanjem gensko spremenjenih organizmov zdravimo še nedavno neozdravljive bolezni. Kljub tem prednostim, ki jih uporaba gensko spremenjenih organizmov prinaša, področje genskega inženiringa še vedno prinaša družbi veliko vprašanj, ki se dotikajo naše moralnosti. Šola od družbe ni izolirana in do vprašanj, ki se nanašajo na prenašanje genov med organizmi, zavzema bolj ali manj nevtralna stališča. S tem oblikuje stališča učencev, ki se nanašajo na uporabo in sprejemanje gensko spremenjenih organizmov. Stališča posameznika pa pomembno vplivajo na sprejemanje odločitev in vedenja posameznika. Učitelj biologije igra pomembno vlogo pri informiranju učencev o tej problematiki. Zato sem se odločila v svojem diplomskem delu raziskati, kako znanje in interes vplivata na oblikovanje stališč učencev do gensko spremenjenih organizmov. Na podlagi že uporabljenega vprašalnika (Šorgo in sod., 2011b) smo izdelali anketni vprašalnik, ki smo ga razdelili učencem osmega in devetega razreda osnovne šole. Rezultati raziskave v okviru mojega diplomskega dela so pokazali, da učenci, ki imajo več znanja o gensko spremenjenih organizmih, izražajo večji interes za učenje o teh organizmih. Ugotovila sem, da starejši učenci izkazujejo večji interes za učenje o gensko spremenjenih organizmih kot mlajši. Prav tako so rezultati raziskave pokazali, da dekleta kažejo večji interes za učenje obravnavane teme kot fantje. Menimo, da lahko učitelj z izbiro ustreznih metod poučevanja in s svojim odnosom pomembno vpliva na oblikovanje stališč, ki bodo temeljila na ustrezni presoji tveganj, ki jih uporaba gensko spremenjenih organizmov prinaša.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: gensko spremenjeni organizmi, genski inženiring
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publisher: [S. Janže]
• Year: 2014
• Number of pages: 27 str., [4] str. pril.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-69161
• UDC: 602.6-057.874(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 10239817
• Publication date in RUL: 10.07.2015

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Assessment of students' attitudes, knowledge and interest about genetically modified organisms

Abstract

New discoveries in biotechnology nowadays allow us treating the so-far incurable diseases with creating genetically modified organisms. Although the use of genetically modified organisms can bring us benefits, the genetic engineering still raises a lot of moral questions. Schools are not systems isolated from social problems that come with the use of the genetically modified organisms. They take a more or less neutral position towards those organisms. Teachers with their work and attitude have an important influence on the behavior of the students. In some cases teacher is the only source of information about genetically modified organisms. That is what I decided to investigate in my diploma thesis: how knowledge and interest influence the position that students take towards the genetically modified organisms. On the basis of questionnaire of Šorgo et al. (2011b) we prepared a poll, which was tested in the eight and ninth grade of a primary school. Results of our survey have shown that students who have more knowledge about genetically modified organisms have higher interest for learning about those organisms. It has been discovered that older students have higher interest for learning about genetically modified organisms than younger students. Survey also showed that girls expres higher interest for learning about genetically modified organizms. We believe that the teacher with her or his attitude and with the chosen teaching methods can importantly influence the formation of student's perception of the genetically modified organisms. The perception will be based on the risk assessment of the use of the genetically modified organisms.