A Study on the Cognition of High School Students and Science Teachers of Seoul and Province of Gyeonggi on the Endocrine Disruptors

서울 경기지역 고등학교의 학생가 과학 교사의 내분비계 장애 물질(환경 호르몬)에 대한 인식 조사

The purpose of this study was to investigate the cognition of high school students and science teachers on the endocrine disruptors. Subjects of this study were 204 high school students and 26 science teachers. The results were as follows. Students obtained informations about endocrine disruptors mainly through mass media like TV, radio or lesson in school. Most of them were interested in endocrine disruptors and they thought that endocrine disruptors were very dangerous for people. And they preferred learning materials such as movies, images, and animations, but they didn't want to participate in activity of education on endocrine disruptors actively. Science teachers has agreed to needs of education on endocrine disruptors and has required education programs such as movies, images or animations for effective endocrine disruptors education.