Students' Scientific Literacy in the third Educational Period
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https://doi.org/10.55707/ds-po.v39i1.120Keywords:
scientific literacy, primary school students, interest in science, attitudes towards science and technologyAbstract
In the study we wanted to gain a more detailed insight into the scientific literacy of primary school students in the third educational period in Slovenia. In the quantitative research, from 10 randomly selected schools, we included 1 unit of students from each grade of the third educational period, who filled out an anonymous questionnaire about scientific literacy. A total of 513 students were included in the research. We find that primary school students in the third educational period still have very poor ideas about the work of scientists. Students have a positive attitude towards science at school and are aware that science and technology are important to society, but they mostly do not want to become scientists or engineers. It was found that students who have a higher final grade in science or biology have a better idea of what scientists do, have a higher interest in science, and a better attitude towards science at school and towards science and technology in society.
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