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Jiménez-Salas, Zacarías; Campos-Góngora, Eduardo; González-Martínez, Blanca E.; Tijerina-Sáenz, Alexandra; Escamilla-Méndez, Angélica D.; Ramírez-López, Erik – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2017
Over the past few years, a new research field has emerged, focusing on the social-scientific criteria for the study of opinions toward genetically modified foods (GMFs), since these may be limiting factors for the success or failure of these products. Basic education is the first step in the Mexican education system, and teachers may wield an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biotechnology, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Liu, Shu-Chiu – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Futures thinking, or foresight, is increasingly recognised as a key element in science and environmental education. We integrated a futures thinking activity into an undergraduate general science course in Taiwan by using an online thinking and discussion tool that provides scaffolding questions to help students think systematically about future…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biotechnology, Food, College Students
Reed, Katherine; Hiles, Sara Shipley; Tipton, Peter – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2019
Long before "fake news" became a catchphrase, misguided beliefs about scientific truths undermined the free exercise of democracy and personal decision-making. Journalistic norms such as providing false balance in the name of "objectivity," deliberate manipulation by vested interests, and the human tendency toward confirmation…
Descriptors: Journalism Education, Science Education, Advocacy, Scientific Literacy
Gelamdin, Rashidah Begum; Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2016
This paper investigates the level of knowledge and interest in biotechnology education of Malaysian secondary school students. The research was based on a questionnaire adapted from the instruments developed by Prokop et al. and Kidman. Six schools in the Klang Valley were involved in the research and with participation by a total of 427 Grade 11…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Student Interests, Biotechnology
McDonald, Andrea E.; Dawkins-Moultin, Lenna; McWhinney, Sharon L. – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objectives: This study explored US rural parents' perceived facilitators, challenges and motivators to healthy eating. Methods: Qualitative and purposive sampling was used to recruit one hundred (N = 100) parents of children enrolled in the fourth grade to participate in a series of focus group sessions. Eligibility criteria included being the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Eating Habits, Health Behavior, Rural Schools
Khishfe, Rola; Alshaya, Fahad S.; BouJaoude, Saouma; Mansour, Nasser; Alrudiyan, Khalid I. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine students understandings about nature of science (NOS) and their arguments in context of controversial socio-scientific issue (SSI). A total of 74 11th graders in six schools in Saudi Arabia participated in the study. The instrument used was a questionnaire consisting of four scenarios addressing SSI about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Grade 11, Secondary School Science
Trevors, Gregory J.; Muis, Krista R.; Pekrun, Reinhard; Sinatra, Gale M.; Winne, Philip H. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
Recent research has shown that for some topics, messages to refute and revise misconceptions may backfire. The current research offers one possible account for this backfire effect (i.e., the ironic strengthening of belief in erroneous information after an attempted refutation) from an educational psychology perspective and examines whether…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Epistemology, Discourse Analysis, Undergraduate Students
Pope, Timothy; Dawson, Vaille; Koul, Rekha – Teaching Science, 2017
The advances of modern biotechnology provide teachers with a number of opportunities to explore socioscientific issues, and in doing so to enhance students' reasoning skills. Although some attempt has been made to understand cultural differences in students' informal reasoning across international and regional boundaries, there is limited research…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Religious Factors, Biotechnology, Informal Education
Laux, Chad M.; Mosher, Gretchen A.; Freeman, Steven A. – Journal of Technology Studies, 2010
The use of biotechnology in food and agricultural applications has increased greatly during the past decade and is considered by many to be a controversial topic. Drawing upon a previous national study, a new survey was conducted of U.S. and international college students at a large, land-grant, Research University to determine factors that may…
Descriptors: College Students, Research Universities, Student Attitudes, Safety
Khishfe, Rola – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
The study investigated the relationship of nature of science (NOS) instruction and students' decision-making (DM) related to a controversial socioscientific issue about genetically modified food. Participants were ninth-grade students in four intact sections (two regulars and two honors) in a public high school in the Midwest. All four groups were…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Scientific Principles, Genetics, Engineering
Ruth, Taylor K.; Rumble, Joy N.; Gay, Keegan D.; Rodriguez, Mary T. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2016
Even though science says genetically modified (GM) foods are safe, many consumers remain skeptical of the technology. Additionally, the scientific community has trouble communicating to the public, causing consumers to make uninformed decisions. The Millennial Generation will have more buying power than any other generation before them, and more…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Student Attitudes, Food, Genetics
Chabalengula, Vivien Mweene; Mumba, Frackson; Chitiyo, Jonathan – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2011
This study examined preservice teachers' understanding of biotechnology and its related processes. A sample comprised 88 elementary education preservice teachers at a large university in the Midwest of the USA. A total of 60 and 28 of the participants were enrolled in introductory and advanced science methods courses, respectively. Most…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Definitions
Mollett, Jean; Cameron, Ann – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2016
In southern Africa, biotechnology is increasingly important with regard to food security and the development of the pharmaceutical industry. Universities are tasked with providing the relevant capacity development through tertiary-level courses to meet these development needs. However, the knowledge and practices of biotechnology may be…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Biotechnology, Focus Groups, Questionnaires
Khishfe, Rola – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Having the learning and retention of science content and skills as a goal of scientific literacy, it is significant to study the issue of retention as it relates to teaching and learning about nature of science (NOS). Then, the purpose of this study was to investigate the development of NOS understandings of students, and the retention of these…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Process Skills, Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy
Foong, Chan-Choong; Daniel, Esther G. S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
This paper argues the possible simultaneous development and transfer of students' argumentation skills from one socio-scientific issue to another in a Confucian classroom. In Malaysia, the Chinese vernacular schools follow a strict Confucian philosophy in the teaching and learning process. The teacher talks and the students listen. This case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Persuasive Discourse, Transfer of Training, Secondary School Students