Students' Fear of Biology and Their Attitudes towards Biology

Murat Ozarslan

doi:10.47215/aji.844015

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2021, 9(1), pp. 80-97

Students' Fear of Biology and Their Attitudes towards Biology

Murat Ozarslan ¹ ^*

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https://doi.org/10.47215/aji.844015

Published in Volume 9 Issue 1: 25 Jun 2021

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Abstract

In the study, it is aimed to determine the views of secondary school female students regarding fear of biology and its causes and their attitudes towards biology. The study was conducted at the end of the 2015-2016 academic year with totally 70 female students attending 9th and 10th grade of Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School which is in a district center of the Marmara region. The working group was determined by the easily accessible case sampling method. The data were obtained by Attitude Scale towards Biology Science and Course and by the Questionnaire of Biology Fear. It was determined that the students' fears of biology were mostly in the form of failure, inability to understand subjects, confusing what they had learned, and these fears were resulting from the difficulty in solving questions in exams and the complexity of subjects. As the insects, viruses, bacteria, intestinal worms, snakes, etc. in biology subjects were perceived by students as dangerous, repulsive or frightening, biology became a fear for them. It was also found that students developed fears towards biology subjects which they have difficulty in, such as genetics, human body and systems. It was concluded that students’ attitude scores towards biology and biology course were low, some students disliked biology course, found it boring and had no interest for it. In line with these results, suggestions were made to educators to reduce the fear of biology and to improve the attitudes of the students in a positive way.

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Fear of biology, attitude, biology education, drawing-writing technique

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