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Czech High School Student's Knowledge, Understanding and Attitude of Human Evolution

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F18%3A10380278" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/18:10380278 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Czech High School Student's Knowledge, Understanding and Attitude of Human Evolution

  • Original language description

    During recent years, scientific knowledge of the human evolution has been significantly modified. This study focuses upon Czech high school student&apos;s knowledge, understanding and attitude to the human evolution and its objective is to improve the teaching of this issue. We collected data from 91 participants (final year high school students one month before exams in A-level biology) using a questionnaire in paper and pencil form. Descriptive statistics was used after coding the data. Consequently, t-tests were used to examine possible differences between groups. We didn&apos;t recognise any gender differences in knowledge, understanding and attitude to the human evolution in our sample. Less than 5% students in our sample know hominin genera, which were described during the last 20 years, the same is true for hominin species. Strictly linear scheme of human evolution was counted as right by 93,5% students. Phylogenetic relationships among great apes were classified correctly by 35% students; the biggest source of mistakes seems to be a disproportion among knowledge of fact and understanding of the phylogram of the great apes. There aren&apos;t any differences in knowledge, understanding and interest in human evolution between believers and non-believers among students in our sample. The only significant difference related to student&apos;s opinion of relationship between religious and scientific points of view to the human evolution.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    D - Article in proceedings

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Article name in the collection

    Research, Practice and Collaboration in Science Education (Proceedings of ESERA 2017)

  • ISBN

    978-1-873769-84-3

  • ISSN

  • e-ISSN

    neuvedeno

  • Number of pages

    8

  • Pages from-to

    204-211

  • Publisher name

    Dublin City University

  • Place of publication

    Dublin

  • Event location

    Dublin

  • Event date

    Aug 21, 2017

  • Type of event by nationality

    WRD - Celosvětová akce

  • UT code for WoS article