The Effects of Collaborative Care of Living Animals in Biology Lessons on Students' Relatedness toward Their Teacher across Gender

Autor/inn/en	Eckes, Alexander; Großmann, Nadine; Wilde, Matthias
Titel	The Effects of Collaborative Care of Living Animals in Biology Lessons on Students' Relatedness toward Their Teacher across Gender
Quelle	In: Research in Science Education, 50 (2020) 1, S.279-301 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0157-244X
DOI	10.1007/s11165-017-9689-0
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Teacher Characteristics; Science Teachers; Biology; Grade 5; Animals; Science Instruction; Caregiver Role; Program Effectiveness; Cooperation; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Biologie; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Co-operation; Kooperation; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	The transition from elementary school to the upper grades can lead to ambiguous feelings toward the new, male teachers. This study investigated whether collaborative animal care in biology lessons affects students' feelings of relatedness toward their biology teachers positively during the first year after the school transition. Four hundred twenty fifth graders (M[subscript age] = 10.5 years, SD[subscript age] = 0.6 years) of higher types of tracking participated. We designed one experimental group that involved caring for the living animals to be used in the upcoming lessons, and two control groups. The first control group included lessons with living animals, but did not include prior care of those animals, and the second incorporated neither living animals nor prior care. All groups received biology lessons with the same content. To examine the effects of caretaking, we used an adapted version of the scale "relatedness" (Ryan 1982). In both control groups, boys showed lower relatedness toward female teachers and girls toward male teachers, respectively. Collaborative mice care promoted equal relatedness across all gender combinations among teachers and students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01