Cross-Cultural Comparison of Perceptions on the Global Scientific Literacy with Australian, Chinese, and Korean Middle School Students

Autor/inn/en	Mun, Kongju; Lee, Hyunju; Kim, Sung-Won; Choi, Kyunghee; Choi, Sung-Youn; Krajcik, Joseph S.
Titel	Cross-Cultural Comparison of Perceptions on the Global Scientific Literacy with Australian, Chinese, and Korean Middle School Students
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 13 (2015) 2, S.437-465 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-013-9492-y
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Comparative Education; Scientific Literacy; Global Approach; Middle School Students; Student Attitudes; Global Education; Questionnaires; Student Surveys; Scores; Metacognition; Self Management; Gender Differences; Correlation; Science Education; World Views; Foreign Countries; Australia; China; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Globales Denken; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerverhalten; Globales Lernen; Fragebogen; Schülerbefragung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Selbstmanagement; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; World view; Weltanschauung; Ausland; Australien; Korea; Republik
Abstract	In this study, we explored the extent to which Australian, Chinese, and Korean middle school students perceived themselves to have scientific literacy as global citizens and attempted to identify differences and/or commonalities in their perceptions. A total of 655 middle school students (8th and 9th grades; 358 girls and 297 boys) from the three countries participated in the study. We used Global Scientific Literacy Questionnaires (GSLQ) as a survey instrument to assess the students' perceptions. The GSLQ was developed based on a conceptual framework of Scientific Literacy suggested by Choi, Kim, Lee, Mun, Choi, Krajcik & Shin (2011) and Choi, Lee, Shin, Kim & Krajcik ("Journal of Research in Science Teaching", 48(6), 670-697, 2011) for citizenship education in the 21st century. The results indicated that most of the students from the three countries showed a tendency toward higher scores for Science as human endeavor; the lowest scores were in Meta-cognition and self-direction. A pattern of gender difference was also examined among the three countries. We suggest future research questions based on a cross-cultural perspective in order to explore the reasons for the existence of these similarities and differences. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01