The Development of an Instrument to Assess Science Students' Views on the Social Responsibility of Scientists

Autor/inn/en	Röhm, Dürten; Rollnick, Marissa
Titel	The Development of an Instrument to Assess Science Students' Views on the Social Responsibility of Scientists
Quelle	In: African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14 (2010) 1, S.3-23 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1029-8457
DOI	10.1080/10288457.2010.10740669
Schlagwörter	Test Construction; Science Education; Student Attitudes; Social Responsibility; Scientists; Chemistry; College Students; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Science and Society; STEM Education; Freedom; Females; Student Role; Statistical Analysis; Technology; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testaufbau; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Soziale Verantwortung; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Chemie; Collegestudent; Ausland; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; STEM; Freiheit; Weibliches Geschlecht; Statistische Analyse; Technologie; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper reports on the development of an instrument which was used to gather information on the views of science students on the social responsibility of scientists. The methodology is based on a "Views on Science-Technology-Society (VOSTS)" instrument which was developed in Canada. It involves three phases, employing interviews and free response and fixed response questionnaires, respectively. Qualitative data analysis at each stage of the development of the instrument provided the input for the following stage. Participants were drawn over a two year period mainly from chemistry students at various levels of academic study at the University of South Africa. Procedures are described separately for each of the three phases in the development of the instrument and are elucidated by actual findings abstracted during the development process. The final questionnaire statements cover topics in the fields of education, science, technology and society, the scientist as individual and the scientific enterprise. They include statements on scientific freedom, the technological imperative, science in Africa, women in science, whistleblowing, education of the public and the role of science students in society. (As Provided).
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