Cognitive and Affective Outcomes of Teaching about Poisonous and Venomous Animals

Autor/inn/en	Tomažic, Iztok; Hummel, Eberhard; Schrenk, Marcus; Rupnik, Tina; Randler, Christoph
Titel	Cognitive and Affective Outcomes of Teaching about Poisonous and Venomous Animals
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 54 (2020) 1, S.63-76 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
DOI	10.1080/00219266.2018.1546757
Schlagwörter	Animals; Biology; Science Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Grade 7; Grade 8; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Prior Learning; Knowledge Level; Fear; Psychological Patterns; Student Interests; Secondary School Students; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Animal; Tier; Tiere; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Vorkenntnisse; Wissensbasis; Furcht; Studieninteresse; Sekundarschüler; Slowenien
Abstract	The use of live animals in instruction plays an important role in biological education, with the intention that attitudes and emotions should be positively influenced. To date, studies in this field have given mixed results, and there has certainly been a lack of studies on student attitudes and knowledge of poisonous and venomous animals. This study focuses on the effect of the use of poisonous and venomous animals in biology instruction. Two treatment groups of Slovenian seventh and eighth graders (N = 123; age 12.3 and 13.2 years, respectively) were compared. The experimental group (N = 82) was given the opportunity to observe with adequate risk assessment live animal species. The observation of live poisonous and venomous animals led to higher values on different attitudinal dimensions. After instruction, we found no differences between both treatment groups in knowledge. Interest in learning about the different poisonous and venomous animals increased significantly. The level of disgust decreased for the viper, spider, and scorpion. However, 'fear' seems to be more stable and less influenceable than 'disgust'. We recommend that students should be offered as many first-hand experiences with live poisonous and venomous animals as possible mainly through informal learning environments, such as zoos. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01