Does teaching about artificial reefs trigger students' situational interest in marine biology? / Seidelin, Lars; Albrechtsen, Thomas R. S.; Schöps, Katrin et al.
In: Journal of Biological Education, Vol. 55, No. 3, 07.2021, p. 264-275.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Does teaching about artificial reefs trigger students' situational interest in marine biology?
AU - Seidelin, Lars
AU - Albrechtsen, Thomas R. S.
AU - Schöps, Katrin
AU - Holmer, Marianne
AU - Wahlberg, Magnus
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - The lack of interest among pre-university students to choose STEM subjects for their higher education is a heavily debated issue in many western-world countries. To boost Danish students? interest in biology, a study event on artificial reefs was introduced when teaching marine biology in lower secondary school and upper secondary school (student age 13?20 years). The purpose was to investigate if the focus on artificial reefs could generate an increased interest in natural science and marine biology among the students. The students? interest in science was evaluated using electronic questionnaires before and after they had completed the teaching programme. The students were significantly more interested in natural sciences and marine biology after than before the teaching program. The development in situational interest in science and in the oceans was different for males and females with females being most interested. Thus, it is possible to trigger a situational interest for science and marine biology by teaching about artificial reefs, but the way interest is triggered differs between different age groups and sexes.
AB - The lack of interest among pre-university students to choose STEM subjects for their higher education is a heavily debated issue in many western-world countries. To boost Danish students? interest in biology, a study event on artificial reefs was introduced when teaching marine biology in lower secondary school and upper secondary school (student age 13?20 years). The purpose was to investigate if the focus on artificial reefs could generate an increased interest in natural science and marine biology among the students. The students? interest in science was evaluated using electronic questionnaires before and after they had completed the teaching programme. The students were significantly more interested in natural sciences and marine biology after than before the teaching program. The development in situational interest in science and in the oceans was different for males and females with females being most interested. Thus, it is possible to trigger a situational interest for science and marine biology by teaching about artificial reefs, but the way interest is triggered differs between different age groups and sexes.
KW - Artificial reefs
KW - marine biology
KW - interest development
KW - figure live-stream
KW - technology
KW - STEM
U2 - 10.1080/00219266.2019.1679659
DO - 10.1080/00219266.2019.1679659
M3 - Journal article
VL - 55
SP - 264
EP - 275
JO - Journal of Biological Education
JF - Journal of Biological Education
SN - 0021-9266
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 1026709