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What Do 14 to 16-year-olds Know and Think about Biotechnology?
Ist Teil von
Nutrition and food science, 1994-06, Vol.94 (3), p.29-32
Ort / Verlag
MCB UP Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
1994
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The knowledge and attitudes of GCSE students towards biotechnology and
genetic engineering were investigated in a survey of 118 14 to
16-year-old students. One-third of the sample did not know what
biotechnology or genetic engineering was, and nearly half the sample
could not give examples of either. Student attitudes were
context-dependent: there was broad approval of genetic engineering
applied to microbes and plants but not of its application to animals.
There were high levels of uncertainty of opinion where eating the
products of genetic engineering was concerned. Teaching about these
topics led to decreased uncertainty and enhanced approval of genetic
engineering.