Turkish university students' knowledge of biotechnology and attitudes toward biotechnological applications.
This study questions the presumed relation between formal schooling and scientific literacy about biotechnologies. Comparing science and nonscience majors' knowledge of and attitudes toward biotechnological applications, conclusions are drawn if their formal learnings improve pupils' understandings of and attitudes toward biotechnology applications. Sample of the study consists of 403 undergraduate and graduate students, 198 nonscience, and 205 science majors. The Biotechnology Knowledge Questionnaire and the Biotechnology Attitude Questionnaire were administered. Descriptive statistics (mean and percentages), t test, and correlations were used to examine the participants' knowledge of biotechnology and attitudes toward biotechnological applications and differences as regards their majors. Although the science majors had higher knowledge and attitude scores than the nonscience majors, it is not possible to say that they have sufficient knowledge of biotechnologies. Besides, the participants' attitudes toward biotechnological applications were not considerably related to their knowledge of biotechnology. © 2016 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 45(2):115-125, 2017.
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D000328:Adult D000383:Agriculture D001290:Attitude D001709:Biotechnology D032882:Comprehension D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D005260:Female D006801:Humans D019359:Knowledge D008297:Male D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified D013334:Students D014421:Turkey D014495:Universities D055815:Young Adult
Biotechnology biotechnological applications nonscience majors science majors