Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyse the issue of ‘’Artificial Meat’’, which is scientifically and socially controversial, in the context of a Socio-Scientific issue from the perspective of preservice science teachers. In this study in which qualitative research method is used, the issue of ‘’Artificial Meat’’ is dealt with as case study. Preservice science teachers (N=37) took part as participants. The participants were included on a volunteer basis and the criterion sampling method from the purposive sampling types. Data were obtained with two different ways. Firstly, scanning regarding Artificial Meat and making an infographic were demanded from the participants. Secondly, it was demanded from the participants to evaluate the issue of ‘’Artificial Meat’’ in the context of Socio-Scientific Issue. The content analysis was practiced over all the obtained data. It is seen that the results are similar. The participants have both positive and negative point of view regarding artificial meat. It is seen that the factors reflecting negative point of views are mostly within the frame of social factors while the factors reflecting positive point of views are environmental impacts besides economy and cost. Considering that in the context of Socio- scientific issues, we can see two results. First one is that the issue of “Artificial Meat” can be evaluated as a Socio- Scientific issue. The second one is that the factors revealing in the findings can be considered as the practicable factors in the education of the artificial meat in the context of socio-scientific issue.
Highlights
Both scientific and technological developments and the increasing relationship between the technology and society lead to the studies in this context naturally
It can be evaluated that composition writing together with infographics can be effective in obtaining more in-depth data
When examining the findings obtained from the infographics of the participants, it is seen that different themes and categories related to artificial meat has revealed
Summary
Both scientific and technological developments and the increasing relationship between the technology and society lead to the studies in this context naturally. In the same way, Eastwood, Schlegel and Kristin (2011) and Sadler (2011) expressed that the instruction schedules containing socio-scientific issues influence positively the students’ moral, logical and critical thinking and making decision when they confront with socio-scientific problems in their daily lives. When these characteristics of SSI stated above are evaluated, the issue of artificial meat which has a similar content draws attention. Artificial meat can be conceptually expressed in the literature as “artificial
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