与COVID-19相关的学生兴趣,担忧和信息搜索行为
Jamie N Elsner1, Troy D Sadler1, Laura Zangori2
1School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA.
概括
高中生对COVID-19的起源和疫苗感兴趣,但经常使用有偏见的在线来源. 科学课程可以通过解决这些话题和学生对病毒流行病的担忧来改善学习并减少焦虑.
科学领域:
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 科学教育科学教育教育.
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,我们有独特的机会将科学课程与学生的生活经验联系起来.
- 学生经常从不可靠的互联网来源寻找有关疾病爆发的信息,强调需要准确,可访问的信息.
- 了解学生对大流行病的看法对于有效的科学教育和参与至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查高中学生关于COVID-19的兴趣,担忧和信息搜索行为.
- 告知科学教育工作者如何有效地将与流行病相关的主题纳入他们的课程.
- 为了提高学生的参与度和学术成绩在病毒学和相关科目.
主要方法:
- 对224名高中生进行了一项调查.
- 六个开放式问题被用来收集关于学生观点的定性数据.
- 分析了学生的回应,以确定关键的主题的兴趣,关注和信息来源.
主要成果:
- 学生对COVID-19的起源和疫苗开发表现出最大的兴趣.
- 主要关注的是个人或家庭感染和疫苗分配.
- 显著的大多数学生 (93.3%) 并没有将教师视为COVID-19的主要信息来源.
结论:
- 科学课堂可以利用学生对COVID-19的兴趣来增强对病毒和流行病的学习.
- 解决学生的担忧和提供准确的信息可以提高学业成绩,注意力和参与度.
- 在学生兴趣的指导下,将流行病主题纳入课程,可以减轻压力和焦虑,培养更有支持性的学习环境.
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