Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education (한국과학교육학회지)
- Volume 16 Issue 4
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- Pages.451-460
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- 1996
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- 1226-5187(pISSN)
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- 2288-8489(eISSN)
The Awareness of Secondary Teachers and Students toward Animal Dissection in Biology Class
동물 해부실험에 대한 중학교 교사와 학생들의 인식
- Lee, Sun-Kyung (Shingwan Junior High School) ;
- Lee, Jae-Young (Information Center for Environmental Education) ;
- Kim, In-Ho (Shingu College)
- Published : 1996.12.30
Abstract
The ethical issue is one of the most important themes in both science and environmental education. Especially related to the right of other species, animal dissection has been brought about two contradictory attitudes. In spring 1996, a survey was conducted to assess the status of animal dissection in secondary schools and the awareness of 94 biology teachers and 422 secondary students toward animal dissection. And the meaning of animal dissection in biology class was discussed in terms of environmental education. The findings were as follows: First, most of students(96.6%) had participated once or twice to animal dissection experiments(eg. fish, frog, shellfish, cuttlefish and chicken). And about half of teachers (57.4
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