ERIC Number: EJ1436500
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9266
EISSN: EISSN-2157-6009
Which Socio-Scientific Dimensions Do 11th Graders Refer to When Deciding Whether to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19?
Journal of Biological Education, v58 n4 p829-842 2024
This paper presents an analysis of the socio-scientific dimensions which 46 11th graders, enrolled in the subject scientific culture, consider to justify their COVID-19 vaccination decision and how they managed to combine and integrate these dimensions before and after working on a sequence of activities aimed at learning about argumentation in science. Although almost all the students intended to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the results show that before the sequence, they used one or two dimensions to justify their decision, while after it, some combined up to five dimensions. The ethical and social-cultural dimensions were two of the most frequently used. The scientific dimension was infrequent in the initial argument but was, however, the most used dimension in the final argument, after the intervention. Working on socioscientific issues encourages the development of argumentation skills, and, in this specific case, health education skills as well.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, High School Students, Grade 11, High School Teachers, Science and Society, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Immunization Programs, Disease Control, Preventive Medicine, Student Attitudes, Decision Making, Ethics, Health Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 11
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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