Could Maggot Therapy Be Taught in Primary Schools?

Autor/inn/en	Humphreys, Ioan; Lehane, Paula; Nigam, Yamni
Titel	Could Maggot Therapy Be Taught in Primary Schools?
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 56 (2022) 1, S.14-24 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lehane, Paula)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
DOI	10.1080/00219266.2020.1748686
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Elementary School Teachers; Biology; Therapy; Medical Services; Entomology; Student Attitudes; Knowledge Level; Vocabulary; Age Differences; Psychological Patterns; Scientific Concepts; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Biologie; Therapie; Arzt; Entomologie; Schülerverhalten; Wissensbasis; Wortschatz; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	We conducted a small pilot study examining the opinions of school teachers across five Welsh primary schools on the possibility of introducing grand challenges (such as antibacterial resistance), and concepts to help solve such challenges (such as the use of living maggots to help treat infected wounds) to pupils at a young age. Our questionnaire-based study found that most teachers felt that this was indeed possible, with the majority feeling that pupils in Years 5 and 6 would be the most relevant and best years in which to introduce these concepts. With regards to introducing maggots to children as being positive and beneficial creatures, almost 50% of teachers felt that squeamishness may be present in children of all years, but that disgust and dislike of maggots would exist to a greater degree in older children. Our exploratory results suggest that with further research, this important biological concept could be introduced in the curriculum of primary schools, when perhaps less engrained negative perceptions, and more educated awareness of the positive benefits of using maggots as a treatment for wound infections may be achievable. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01