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Research Interests: Psychology, Technology, Science Education, Item Response Theory, Biotechnology, and 15 moreScience, Biology Education, Knowledge, Educational Sciences, Determinism, Behavioural Genetics, Orientation, Exploration, Biology textbooks, Public Attitudes, Secondary School, Curriculum and Pedagogy, High School Students, Student Attitudes, and Biologian didaktiikka
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Background Investigations of evolution knowledge and acceptance and their relation are central to evolution education research. Ambiguous results in this field of study demonstrate a variety of measuring issues, for instance differently... more
Background Investigations of evolution knowledge and acceptance and their relation are central to evolution education research. Ambiguous results in this field of study demonstrate a variety of measuring issues, for instance differently theorized constructs, or a lack of standardized methods, especially for cross-country comparisons. In particular, meaningful comparisons across European countries, with their varying cultural backgrounds and education systems, are rare, often include only few countries, and lack standardization. To address these deficits, we conducted a standardized European survey, on 9200 first-year university students in 26 European countries utilizing a validated, comprehensive questionnaire, the “Evolution Education Questionnaire”, to assess evolution acceptance and knowledge, as well as influencing factors on evolution acceptance. Results We found that, despite European countries’ different cultural backgrounds and education systems, European first-year univers...
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The existing co-teaching practices in teachers’ professional learning emphasize collaboration between pre-service and in-service teachers. Although this collaboration is usually defined by a mentor–student relationship with asymmetric... more
The existing co-teaching practices in teachers’ professional learning emphasize collaboration between pre-service and in-service teachers. Although this collaboration is usually defined by a mentor–student relationship with asymmetric power relations, successful co-teaching practices in schools are considered to involve parity, resulting in mutual learning for all involved parties. In this study, we designed a model for teachers’ professional learning in which pre- and in-service teachers collaborate and have shared goals, with the aim of equal responsibilities for planning and implementing instruction, despite the teachers’ diverse backgrounds. During the 4 years of piloting and developing the model in the Finnish teacher education context, we investigated how the participants reflected on the co-teaching process. We analyzed data from collaborative reflection sessions to identify the challenges and benefits of this untypical form of collaboration. The findings showed that asymmetr...
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“Plant blindness” describes the phenomenon that people overlook plants in everyday life, resulting in a constrained view on nature. It also leads to a low interest in plants, as has been shown by several studies on students’ interests.... more
“Plant blindness” describes the phenomenon that people overlook plants in everyday life, resulting in a constrained view on nature. It also leads to a low interest in plants, as has been shown by several studies on students’ interests. The present study suggests counteracting plant blindness by investigating students’ interest in plants more closely. The goal is to identify groups of plants that are interesting for students and that therefore can be used as potential “flagship species” in botany lessons. A questionnaire was developed to test students’ interest in useful plants, subdivided in five subgroups: medicinal plants, stimulant herbal drugs, spice plants, edible plants and ornamental plants. There were 1299 students aged between 10 and 19 years being investigated in order to explore their interest in useful plants. The data analysis shows (for all ages and both genders) that medicinal plants and stimulant herbal drugs trigger high interest, whereas spice plants, edible plants and ornamental plants raise less interest. Mean values, however, do not allow drawing conclusions on an individual level. In order to gain better insight into the interest patterns of individual students, we used a frequency analysis. Results show that stimulant herbal drugs polarise strongly, whereas medicinal plants are interesting for almost all students. Ornamental plants are interesting for especially a group of younger students. Based on the identified interest profiles, recommendations can be made which study objects from different subgroups of useful plants should be chosen as study objects in botany lessons in order to best address students’ interest.
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Adolescence is believed to be a highly problematic period when depression is prevalent. This study aims to investigate the relationship between adolescents' depression states and their feelings of guilt and shame in respect to gender,... more
Adolescence is believed to be a highly problematic period when depression is prevalent. This study aims to investigate the relationship between adolescents' depression states and their feelings of guilt and shame in respect to gender, age, school performance and parental education levels. The participants consisted of 187 teenagers; 88 (47.1%) girls and 99 (52.9%) boys. Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), the Guilt and Shame Scale (GES, Şahin), and a personal information form developed by the researcher were used as instruments. The study found a relationship between guilt and shame, that levels of depression were higher in 17-year-olds, and also that levels of depression, guilt and shame were found to be higher in girls than in boys. There was also a negative relationship seen between increased guilt and shame, and a decrease in mothers' education level.
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Data for the manuscript "Factors explaining students' attitudes towards learning in genetics and belief in genetic determinism" which is posted in EdArXiv: https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/d5hzg.<br>Data is described in... more
Data for the manuscript "Factors explaining students' attitudes towards learning in genetics and belief in genetic determinism" which is posted in EdArXiv: https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/d5hzg.<br>Data is described in detail in the manuscript and short description in readme file is attached here.
Raw translated (Finnish to English) data from the interviews.
Electronic Proceedings of the ESERA 2015 Conference. Science education research: Engaging learners for a sustainable future, Part 17 : Science in the secondary school