Publication details
Vplýva učiteľ na postoje žiakov k paleontológii?
| Title in English | Does teacher influence students attitudes toward paleontology? |
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Speciální otázky oborových didaktik a příprava učitelů přírodovědných, zemědělských a příbuzných oborů. |
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| Web | http://www.kubiatko.eu/clanky_pdf/vplyva_ucitel_na_postoje_ziakov_k_paleontologii.pdf |
| Field | Pedagogy and education |
| Keywords | attitudes; paleontology; teachers; pupils |
| Description | Students attitudes toward science are considered more or less negative, because science is boring and not sufficiently connected with real life. It was found that boys have more positive attitudes toward science than girls, whilst positive attitudes decrease as age of students increase. Although it is generally believed that teacher is an important mediator of students attitudes, few works addressed this question explicitly. In the present research, we examined students attitudes (grade 8 and 9, N = 284) toward paleontology, because no research report to this topic was addressed previously. Factor analysis derived 5 attitude dimensions based on Likert-type items. The Teacher dimension was used with the teacher identity as between subject factor. Students showed most positive attitudes toward paleontology as a science discipline and out of school interest dimensions. In contrast, lowest attitude score was linked with future career in paleontology and school interest. Overall, attitudes were heavily influenced by the effect of teacher, but no effect of gender was found. |