Scepticism and gullibility: the superstitious and pseudo-scientific beliefs of secondary school students

Autor:	Peter F. W. Preece, John H. Baxter
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Grande bretagne Secondary education media_common.quotation_subject Average level Science teachers Science education Education Gullibility Social science Psychology Superstition Social psychology media_common Skepticism
Zdroj:	International Journal of Science Education. 22:1147-1156
ISSN:	1464-5289 0950-0693
DOI:	10.1080/09500690050166724
Popis:	A survey of the superstitious and pseudo-scientific beliefs of secondary school students (N=2159) was undertaken, with some follow-up interviews. Gender differences were found at all ages with females generally less sceptical than males. An exception was a belief that aliens from another planet had visited the Earth, about which males were consistently less sceptical than females. The average level of scepticism increased steadily on going from Key Stage 3 students (11-13 years), through Key Stage 4 (14-16 years), to the sixth-form science students (17-18 years), with a further increase in scepticism in a sample of pre-service science teachers. Nevertheless many school students were very gullible and this should be of concern to science educators.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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