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RESEARCH PAPER
Relationships between Knowledge, Attitudes and Interests of Spanish Pre-university Students in Relation to Different Areas of Biotechnology
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University of Murcia, SPAIN
Publication date: 2020-11-14
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2020;16(12):em1916
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Biotechnology presence both in curricula and among researches regarding its teaching and
learning processes is constantly increasing. The knowledge, attitudes and interests of 184 Spanish
pre-university students on biotechnology in the fields of health, food, industry and environment
have been analyzed in this work. The results showed that while some areas are well known,
favourable attitudes and interests depend on other factors. Thus, positive correlations have been
found between: (1) knowledge and interest towards almost all areas considered (rs .152-.214)
except for fermentation, (2) knowledge and attitude regarding the use of fermentation for food
production (rs .325) and applications related to improve the environment (rs .239), (3) and attitude
and interest only in the medical field (rs .327). As a conclusion, it is important to consider the
relationships between these three constructs for designing activities including socio-scientific
issue in order to facilitate the analysis of information in a critical way.
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