期刊名称：International Journal of Environmental and Science Education
电子版ISSN：1306-3065
出版年度：2011
卷号：6
期号：4
页码：341-357
出版社：IJESE
摘要：This study examined elementary education pre-service teachers‟ attitudes towards biotech-nology processes. A sample comprised 88 elementary education pre-service teachers at a mid-sized university in the Midwest of the USA. Sixty and 28 of these pre-service teachers were enrolled in Introductory Science Methods course and Advance Science Methods Course, respectively. Data were collected using a questionnaire which had 15 statements on a 3 Likert-scale and required students to indicate whether each statement is acceptable or unacceptable. The results indicated that elementary education pre-service teachers from both courses generally held a wide range of attitudes towards biotechnology. Notably, ma-jority of the pre-service teachers approved the genetic modification of microorganisms and plants, but disapproved the processes that involved the insertion or removal of genes in hu-mans and animals. Implications for science teacher education, curriculum as well as rec-ommendations for further research are discussed.
