High School Students Debate the Use of Embryonic Stem Cells: The Influence of Context on Decision-Making

Autor/inn/en	Molinatti, Gregoire; Girault, Yves; Hammond, Constance
Titel	High School Students Debate the Use of Embryonic Stem Cells: The Influence of Context on Decision-Making
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 32 (2010) 16, S.2235-2251 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Patients; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Ethics; Persuasive Discourse; Decision Making; Scientific Research; Therapy; Experiments; Scientists; Neurological Impairments; Diseases; Context Effect; Peer Influence; Motivation; Opinions; Ideology; Social Influences; Embryology; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Patient; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ethik; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Therapie; Erprobung; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Disease; Krankheit; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Lehrmeinung; Ideologie; Sozialer Einfluss; Embryologie; Frankreich
Abstract	The present study analyzes decision-making and argumentation by high school students in a debate situation on a socioscientific issue, the use of embryonic stem cells in research and therapy. We tested the influence on the debates of two different contexts. Adolescent students at the high school level in the same grade (mean age 16.4 years) from rural and urban zones of Provence, France, participated in three debate sessions. During the first session, the students listed the background questions they wanted to ask the expert(s). They were also required to identify one or two major issues that would serve as an outline for the future debate. They then discussed these with the expert(s) during the second session and took note of the answers. During this session, the control groups met with a neuroscientist whereas the experimental "contextualized" group met with the same neuroscientist together with a representative of an association of patients suffering from a neurodegenerative disease. Analysis of the students' arguments and decision-making revealed that contextualization introduced dynamism in the students' exchanges: they paid more attention to their peers' arguments and were more motivated to argue their own opinion. However, this type of contextualization may contribute to reinforcing ideology in scientific progress. (Contains 3 tables, 1 figure, and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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