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  • Predictive power of biology teacher's self-efficacy on acceptability and application of virtual and hands-on dissections
    Havlíčková, Veronika ; Šorgo, Andrej, 1957- ; Bilék, Martin
    Hands-on dissections of animals are traditionally regarded as an essential part of biology education. Nowadays, regardless of the reported educational benefits, there is a gradual change in the ... concept and acceptance of hands-on dissection, leading in many cases to its abandonment in schools and its replacement with alternatives such as 3D models, figurines, plastination and computer-based alternatives. However, the position of hands-on dissection has recently been challenged, mostly by computer-supported alternatives. The aim of the study was to explore whether teacher self-efficacy can be recognized as a predictor of the application of the different kinds of animals in hands-on and virtual dissections in Biology lessons. Based on responses from 405 Czech Biology teachers there are differences in the acceptability and implementation of organisms for hands-on and virtual dissection. It was established, that self-efficacy is not a predictor of either the acceptability of organisms or actual behaviour in both variants of dissection.
    Source: Problems of education in the 21st century. - ISSN 1822-7864 (Vol. 81, no. 2, 2023, str. 188-205)
    Type of material - article, component part ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2023
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 151844355

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    Digital Library of the University of Maribor – DLUM

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