1. ASSESSMENT OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES REGARDING BIOTECHNOLOGY: A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON
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Erdogan, Mehmet, Ozel, Murat, BouJaoude, Saouma, Lamanauskas, Vincentas, Usak, Muhammet, Prokop, Pavol, Lamanauskas, Vincentas -- 0000-0002-4130-7899, Usak, Muhammet -- 0000-0002-6537-9993, [Erdogan, Mehmet] Akdeniz Univ, Fac Educ, Dept Educ Sci, TR-07058 Antalya, Turkey -- [Ozel, Murat] Nigde Univ, Dept Sci Educ, Nigde, Turkey -- [BouJaoude, Saouma] Amer Univ Beirut, Dept Educ, Beirut, Lebanon -- [Lamanauskas, Vincentas] Siauliai Univ, Nat Sci Educ Res Ctr, LT-76351 Shiauliai, Lithuania -- [Usak, Muhammet] Zirve Univ, Fac Educ, Dept Elementary Educ, Gaziantep, Turkey -- [Prokop, Pavol] Trnava Univ, Fac Educ, Dept Biol, Trnava 91843, Slovakia, and 0-Belirlenecek
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knowledge ,cross-cultural ,attitude ,biotechnology - Abstract
WOS: 000302554900008, This study examines the level of knowledge of and attitudes toward biotechnology of preservice teachers from Lebanon, Lithuania, Slovakia and Turkey. Data were gathered from a total of 768 preservice teachers from these four countries. The Biotechnology Knowledge Questionnaire and the Biotechnology Attitude Questionnaire were used for data collection. Three-way MANOVA was conducted to analyze the cross-cultural data. The results revealed that preservice teachers' knowledge of biotechnology in all four samples was below average. The results also demonstrated that there were significant differences in attitude towards biotechnology among preservice teachers in the four countries. In addition, significant gender differences were observed between male and females. Implications for teaching and further research are discussed.
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- 2012