Does Teaching about Artificial Reefs Trigger Students' Situational Interest in Marine Biology?

Autor/inn/en	Seidelin, Lars; Albrechtsen, Thomas R. S.; Schöps, Katrin; Holmer, Marianne; Wahlberg, Magnus
Titel	Does Teaching about Artificial Reefs Trigger Students' Situational Interest in Marine Biology?
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 55 (2021) 3, S.264-275 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Seidelin, Lars) ORCID (Albrechtsen, Thomas R. S.) ORCID (Holmer, Marianne) ORCID (Wahlberg, Magnus)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
DOI	10.1080/00219266.2019.1679659
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Science Interests; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Student Motivation; Secondary School Students; Oceanography; Marine Biology; Ecology; Video Technology; Technology Integration; STEM Education; Adolescents; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Schulische Motivation; Sekundarschüler; Ozeanografie; Meeresbiologie; Ökologie; STEM; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Dänemark
Abstract	The lack of interest among pre-university students to choose STEM subjects for their higher education is a heavily debated issue in many western-world countries. To boost Danish students' interest in biology, a study event on artificial reefs was introduced when teaching marine biology in lower secondary school and upper secondary school (student age 13-20 years). The purpose was to investigate if the focus on artificial reefs could generate an increased interest in natural science and marine biology among the students. The students' interest in science was evaluated using electronic questionnaires before and after they had completed the teaching programme. The students were significantly more interested in natural sciences and marine biology after than before the teaching program. The development in situational interest in science and in the oceans was different for males and females with females being most interested. Thus, it is possible to trigger a situational interest for science and marine biology by teaching about artificial reefs, but the way interest is triggered differs between different age groups and sexes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01