An exploration of attitudes towards modern biotechnology: a study among Dutch secondary school students

Klop, Tanja; Severiens, Sabine E.

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dc.contributor.author	Klop, Tanja	de
dc.contributor.author	Severiens, Sabine E.	de
dc.date.accessioned	2010-09-01T04:17:00Z	de
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-29T22:58:02Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-29T22:58:02Z
dc.date.issued	2007	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/13217
dc.description.abstract	Modern biotechnology will have a large impact on society and requires informed decision-making and critical attitudes toward biotechnology among the public. This study aims to explore these attitudes in secondary education. For this purpose, a questionnaire was constructed according to the general tripartite theory of attitudes. 574 Dutch secondary school students completed the questionnaire. Based on principal component analyses, several distinct and independent cognitive, affective, and behavioural factors were found, demonstrating that attitudes towards biotechnology are a multi-component concept. In a cluster analysis on these factors, we found four interpretable clusters representing different groups of students. The four groups are labelled as 'confident supporter' (22%), 'not sure' (42%), 'concerned sceptic' (18%) and 'not for me' (17%). These results indicate that there is a diverse appraisal of modern biotechnology amongst secondary school students. Suggestions for educational interventions are made.	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Technik, Technologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Technology (Applied sciences)	en
dc.subject.ddc	Bildung und Erziehung	de
dc.subject.ddc	Education	en
dc.subject.other	quantitative research; secondary school; survey; science education; attitudes; cluster analysis; modern biotechnology
dc.title	An exploration of attitudes towards modern biotechnology: a study among Dutch secondary school students	en
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	International Journal of Science Education	de
dc.source.volume	29	de
dc.publisher.country	GBR
dc.source.issue	5	de
dc.subject.classoz	Technology Assessment	en
dc.subject.classoz	Technikfolgenabschätzung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Unterricht, Didaktik	de
dc.subject.classoz	Curriculum, Teaching, Didactics	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-132179	de
dc.date.modified	2010-09-02T15:08:00Z	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	en
ssoar.gesis.collection	SOLIS;ADIS	de
ssoar.contributor.institution	http://www.peerproject.eu/	de
internal.status	3	de
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.rights.copyright	f	de
dc.source.pageinfo	663-679
internal.identifier.classoz	20800
internal.identifier.classoz	10614
internal.identifier.journal	171	de
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	370
internal.identifier.ddc	600
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690600951556	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	en
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	de
internal.identifier.licence	7
internal.identifier.pubstatus	2
internal.identifier.review	1
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