302 KB27 KB200220262011Ambrožič-Dolinšek, JanaŠorgo, Andrejštevilka:2letnik:54str. 85-92ISSN:1408-3671COBISSID:18848264URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-BLQAK5HPenDruštvo biologov SlovenijeActa biologica slovenicabiotechnologybiotehnologijagenetically modified organismsgensko spremenjeni organizmiGMOGSOknowledgestudents of elementary educationštudenti razrednega poukaznanjeThe importance of education of future elementary teachers about modern biotechnology issues| Pomen izobraževanja bodočih učiteljev razrednega pouka o biotehnologiji|The tremendous development of science and technology has influenced many aspects of our everyday lives, society and environment. A good example of such technology is biotechnology. However, besides its promise, this technology has also raised several controversial issues to which answers are not easily available. With increasing knowledge and applications on one side and controversy on the other the teaching of science is, anything but easy. Development of competencies for these issues, and questions like why, when, and how to integrate modern biotechnology into science education are becoming prominent in the near future. Nowadays, when we are confronted with issues of varying degrees of complexity and importance, it is necessary that teachers at all levels of education have the basic tools to cope with these issues. This is one of reason why we have attempted to establish what kind of knowledge, values and opinions about genetic engineering and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are characteristic for the students, future Elementary Teachers, at three Slovene Faculties of Education. We collected answers of 360 questionnaires from pre-service elementary school teachers and analysed their statements from the field of general and classical genetics, modern biotechnology, legislation and the acceptance of different kind of GMOs. Prospective teachers have some knowledge of general and classical genetics and less knowledge about the use of modern biotechnology. They have concerns and fears about different kind of GMOs, mostly negative attitudes towards different kinds of GMOs, or they hold no strong opinions about them. Microorganisms and plants are generally more acceptable than GM animal. Furthermore, more knowledge does not mean that individual GMOs are more acceptableIzjemen razvoj znanosti in tehnologije vpliva na številne vidike vsakdanjega življenja posameznika, družbe in okolja. Dober primer tovrstne tehnologije je biotehnologija. Poleg številnih obetov so s to tehnologijo povezana nekatera sporna vprašanja, na katera ni enostavnih odgovorov. Povečevanje znanj in uporabe na eni in polemik, na drugi strani, je razlog, da je poučevanje biotehnologije vse prej kot lahko. Kako usposobiti bodoče učitelje za obravnavo takih in podobnih tem in zakaj, kdaj in kako vključiti sodobno biotehnologijo v izobraževanje postaja pomembno za bližnjo prihodnost. Zato je nujno, da bi bili učitelji na vseh ravneh izobraževanja usposobljeni za obravnavo takih in podobnih tem. To je bil tudi eden od razlogov, zakaj smo želeli ugotoviti, kakšno je znanje, kakšne so vrednote in mnenja o genskem inženiringu in gensko spremenjenih organizmih (GSO) študentov, bodočih osnovnošolskih učiteljev treh slovenskih pedagoških fakultet (Univerze v Mariboru, Univerze v Ljubljani, Univerze na Primorskem). Zbrali smo odgovore anketnih vprašalnikov 360 bodočih učiteljev razrednega pouka, v katerih so se bodoči osnovnošolski učitelji opredelili do trditev s področja splošne in klasične genetike, moderne biotehnologije, zakonodaje ter sprejemanja različnih GSO. Bodoči učitelji razrednega pouka imajo nekaj znanja o splošni in klasični genetiki in manj znanja o uporabi moderne biotehnologije, velikokrat slabo sprejemajo različne GSO ali nimajo jasno izraženega mnenja o njih, pri čemer so mikroorganizmi in rastline v splošnem bolj sprejemljivi kot GS živali. Več znanja nikakor ne pomeni, da so posamezni GSO bolj sprejemljiviTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaDruštvo biologov Slovenije