Teachers' Sensitivity towards Technology and Environmental Ethics

Autor/inn/en	Ceyhan, Busra; Sahin, Nurrettin
Titel	Teachers' Sensitivity towards Technology and Environmental Ethics
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 8 (2018), Artikel 121 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Science Teachers; Ethics; Teacher Attitudes; Environment; Vignettes; Biotechnology; Gender Differences; Teaching Experience; Decision Making; Futures (of Society); Consciousness Raising; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Factor Analysis; Teaching Methods; Science Instruction; Environmental Education; Genetics; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ethik; Lehrerverhalten; Umwelt; Biotechnologie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Bewusstseinsbildung; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Faktorenanalyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Humangenetik; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of the current study was to determine the science and classroom teachers' ethical sensitivities towards the issues of technology and the environment. Thus, the current study was conducted on 239 science and classroom teachers. The study employed the mixed method, in which qualitative and quantitative methods are used together. The quantitative dimension of the study is comprised of a survey, which was developed by the researchers. The qualitative dimension of the study comprised of three scenarios created by the researchers. Two of these scenarios are related to the environment and the other one is related to biotechnology. As a result of the study, the teachers' ethical sensitivities towards technology and environmental issues were found to be high. For some items in the questionnaire significant differences in gender-based, branch-based, and professional experience were found. The results obtained from the scenarios revealed that while science teachers adapt more realistic approaches to the events, the classroom teachers make decisions for the future. It would be useful to organize in-service training and ethical awareness training for teachers who are in the beginning of their professional lives. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01