ABSTRACT

Students’ attitudes toward science are complex phenomena depending on numerous factors. The factors studied in this work are students’ interest in science, their enjoyment of science lessons and career interest in science. Our objective was to investigate the attitudes of students based on these factors. The main question was whether the students enrolled in a bilingual vocational secondary school for chemistry, environmental protection and information technology had chosen the institution and their professional field according to their personal interests and whether this interest was independent of age and gender. Surveys were conducted in two academic years (2015–2016 and 2017–2018) among students from grade 0 or 9–12. Three factors of the Test of Science-Related Attitudes (TOSRA) questionnaire and self-constructed questions were used and analysed in our research. The results for the self-composed factors of our questionnaire provided evidence to state that the choice of school and that of profession is based on personal scientific interest of students. We have found a negative relationship among TOSRA items and age; regarding gender, there are differences among chemists and IT specialists.

摘要

学生对科学的态度是复杂的现象，取决于多种因素。在这项工作中研究的因素是学生对科学的兴趣、他们对科学课程的享受和对科学的职业兴趣。我们的目标是根据这些因素调查学生的态度。主要问题是在化学、环保和信息技术双语职业中学就读的学生是否根据个人兴趣选择院校和专业领域，这种兴趣是否与年龄和性别无关。调查是在两个学年（2015-2016 和 2017-2018）中对 0 年级或 9-12 年级的学生进行的。在我们的研究中使用和分析了科学相关态度测试（TOSRA）问卷和自建问题的三个因素。我们问卷中自编因素的结果提供了证据表明学校和专业的选择是基于学生的个人科学兴趣。我们发现 TOSRA 项目和年龄之间存在负相关关系；关于性别，化学家和 IT 专家之间存在差异。