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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2012.32.7.1124

Korean Middle School Students' Perceptions as Global Citizens of Socioscientific Issues  

Jang, Jiyoung (Ewha Womans University)
Mun, Jiyeong (Ewha Womans University)
Ryu, Hyo-Suk (Ewha Womans University)
Choi, Kyunghee (Ewha Womans University)
Joseph, Krajcik (Michigan State University)
Kim, Sung-Won (Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.32, no.7, 2012 , pp. 1124-1138 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigates Korean middle school students' perceptions as global citizens (i.e. ecological worldview, social and moral compassion, and socioscientific accountability) of Socioscientific Issues (SSI). We developed questionnaires that consisted of 20 Likert-type items to gauge their preceptions of the three different SSI contexts (i.e. nuclear power generation, bio-technology, climate change), and administered them to 225 9th grade students in Seoul. The results revealed that participants showed relatively high scores for ecological worldview but scored low on social and moral compassion across the SSI contexts. In addition, participants presented much higher scores for ecological worldview and socioscientific accountability regarding the issues of climate change. The participant responses indicated that they perceived more inter-connectedness with the environment and felt the responsibility of promoting sustainable development more to prevent further devastation in the context of climate change compared to nuclear power generation or biotechnology.
Keywords
character and values; socioscientific issues; scientific literacy; nuclear power generation; bio-technology; climate change;
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