A science for citizenship model: Assessing the effects of benefits, risks, and trust for predicting students’ interest in and understanding of science-related content
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Jack, Brady Michael, Lee, Ling, Yang, Kuay-Keng and Lin, Huann-Shyang. (2017). A science for citizenship model: Assessing the effects of benefits, risks, and trust for predicting students’ interest in and understanding of science-related content. Research in Science Education. 47(5), pp. 965 - 988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-016-9535-9
Authors | Jack, Brady Michael, Lee, Ling, Yang, Kuay-Keng and Lin, Huann-Shyang |
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Abstract | This study showcases the Science for Citizenship Model (SCM) as a new instructional methodology for presenting, to secondary students, science-related technology content related to the use of science in society not taught in the science curriculum, and a new approach for assessing the intercorrelations among three independent variables (benefits, risks, and trust) to predict the dependent variable of triggered interest in learning science. Utilizing a 50-minute instructional presentation on nanotechnology for citizenship, data were collected from 301 Taiwanese high school students. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and paired-samples t-tests were used to analyze the fitness of data to SCM and the extent to which a 50-minute class presentation of nanotechnology for citizenship affected students’ awareness of benefits, risks, trust, and triggered interest in learning science. Results of SCM on pre-tests and post-tests revealed acceptable model fit to data and demonstrated that the strongest predictor of students’ triggered interest in nanotechnology was their trust in science. Paired-samples t-test results on students’ understanding of nanotechnology and their self-evaluated awareness of the benefits and risks of nanotechology, trust in scientists, and interest in learning science revealed low significant differences between pre-test and post-test. These results provide evidence that a short 50-minute presentation on an emerging science not normally addressed within traditional science curriculum had a significant yet limited impact on students’ learning of nanotechnology in the classroom. Finally, we suggest why the results of this study may be important to science education instruction and research for understanding how the integration into classroom science education of short presentations of cutting-edge science and emerging technologies in support of the science for citizenship enterprise might be accomplished through future investigations. |
Keywords | Emerging technology; Interest; Risk inclination; Science for citizenship; Secondary education |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Research in Science Education |
Journal citation | 47 (5), pp. 965 - 988 |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
ISSN | 0157-244X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-016-9535-9 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84983744567 |
Page range | 965 - 988 |
Research Group | School of Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
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