Genteknik i ett utmanande klassrum - vilka faktorer gör det svårt att undervisa om genteknik?

Abstract

In recent years the research in genetic engineering and biotechnology have skyrocketed meaning there’s new tools and conditions caving the road for a scientific future. This has an important role in the education and preparing students for this scientific future. To get an idea of how the new era of science in genetic engineering and biotechnology area the report has gathered some of the research regarding the difficulties for teachers and students to get thrown right into this subject that’s a newer field in science. The result for this report is gathered through five framing of questions - How to bring teaching about GMO in the classroom from a media perspective?, What factors make it difficult for the teacher to educate students in the subject?, what ways are there to improve the education and to conquer the misconceptions the students have?, how can a classroom culture with argumentationmethodics improve teaching and counteract the misconceptions? and which effects do models, practical tools and laborations play for role regarding the learning for students? Genetic engineering is a difficult area for science teachers to teach about because of the small amount of space it gets. To improve the situation teachers need to get better starting conditions to be ready to teach about it - these conditions contain in-service training, pedagogical training and access to material and methods to improve the students' engagements in the classroom.