Determination of the Factors Affecting High School Students' Preferences of and Satisfaction with Choosing Biology as an Elective Course

Autor/inn/en	Ursavas, Nazihan; Kesimal, Adem
Titel	Determination of the Factors Affecting High School Students' Preferences of and Satisfaction with Choosing Biology as an Elective Course
Quelle	In: Journal of Science Learning, 3 (2020) 2, S.46-56 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2614-6568
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; High School Students; Biology; Science Instruction; Elective Courses; Advanced Courses; Course Selection (Students); Content Analysis; Attitude Change; Decision Making; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Course Descriptions; Grade 11; Grade 12; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Elective course; Wahlkurs; Fortgeschrittenenunterricht; Course selection; Kurswahl; Inhaltsanalyse; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Kursstrukturplan; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Türkei
Abstract	School subjects divided into compulsory and elective courses. Compulsory courses are the basic courses that students must take to graduate, while elective courses give freedom for students. In Turkey, Biology courses taught as compulsory under the required courses in high schools. But, it is also instructed as elective courses called "Advanced Biology" in Anatolian High Schools and "Biology Applications" in Science High Schools at grades eleven and twelve. This new development calls for determining high school students' reasons for choosing and not choosing biology. To elicit their reasons, the sample of the current study consisted of 135 volunteer students drawn from two different schools in northeastern Turkey. An open-ended questionnaire used for data collection. The students' responses to the survey subjected to content analysis. The factors affecting their choices of biology were high due to future-oriented issues and emotional reasons. The factors affecting students' views of declining biology as an elective course were high due to future-oriented issues, psychological reasons, and external resources. They tended to change their decisions because of related-courses and exam-oriented reasons. Future studies should be undertaken with larger samples to identify the role of gender differences in biology preferences. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01