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Fen bilgisi öğretmenleri diseksiyon tartışması: Hayvan diseksiyonu ve alternatif-lere yönelik perspektifler

Science teachers and the dissection debate: Perspectives on animal dissection and alternatives

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253–267
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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The findings indicate that teach-ers identify strengths and drawbacks to both dissection and alternatives, but the majority continue to strongly favour traditional dissection and see it as vital to biology education.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study investigated Ontario science and biology teachers’ practices and attitudes toward animal dissection and dissection alternatives.
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This study investigated Ontario science and biology teachers’ practices and attitudes toward animal dissection and dissection alternatives. The data was collected through a mixed methods approach involving online surveys (n=153) and subsequent telephone interviews (n=9) with secondary school science and biology teachers. The findings indicate that teach-ers identify strengths and drawbacks to both dissection and alternatives, but the majority continue to strongly favour traditional dissection and see it as vital to biology education. Further, although teachers expressed concerns with dissection, their concerns were over-shadowed by an overall dissatisfaction with alternatives. It is argued that teachers need to engage more deeply with the ethical questions that underlie dissection and consider how its learning outcomes can be achieved through humane science education practices. It is also argued that science teacher education programs should include ethical discussions about the controversies of dissection and provide training to familiarize pre-service teachers with al-ternatives.

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Araştırma, Ontario Fen Bilgisi ve Biyoloji öğretmenlerinin hayvan diseksiyon ve diseksiyon alternatiflerine yönelik tutumlarını ve uygulamalarını incelemiştir. Veri, fen bilgisi ve biyoloji öğretmenleriyle online anketler (n=153) ve telefon görüşmeler (n=9) yapılarak karışık yöntemler yaklaşımıyla toplanmıştır. Bulgular, öğretmenlerin hem diseksiyon hem de alternatifleriyle ilgili sahip oldukları güçlü ve zayıf yönleri belirledik-leri sonucunu ortaya koymuştur. Fakat, çoğu güçlü bir şekilde geleneksel diseksiyonu öne çıkarmaya devam etmiş ve bunu biyoloji eğitiminde hayati görmüştürler. Ayrıca, öğret-menler diseksiyonla ilgili kaygılarını ifade etmişlerdir ve kaygıları bütün olarak alterna-tiflerle tatmin olma sonucunu gölgede bırakmıştır. Öğretmenlerin diseksiyonla ilgili etik sorular ve onun öğrenme çıktılarının insanoğlunun fen bilgisi eğitim uygulamaları dikka-te alınarak nasıl başarılabileceği konusunda derinlemesine düşünmeleri gerektiği tartışıl-maktadır. Ayrıca, fen bilgisi öğretim programlarının diseksiyonlar ilgili tartışmalı konular hakkında etik tartışmaları içermesi ve öğretmen adaylarının alternatiflerle aşinalık ka-zanmalarını sağlayacak şekilde eğitimlerinin sağlanması gerektiği düşünülmektedir.

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OAKLEY, J. (2022). Fen bilgisi öğretmenleri diseksiyon tartışması: Hayvan diseksiyonu ve alternatif-lere yönelik perspektifler. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education (elektronik), Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 2, 253–267. https://ajindex.com/articles/540821

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