Journal Article

·2015 OPEN ACCESS

Turkish Primary School Students’ Attitudes toward ‘Disgusting Animals’: Insects

Hayriye Zengin Tepekuyu YTU , Ünsal Umdu Topsakal YTU

International Journal for Innovation Education and Research

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the students’ knowledge and attitudes toward spider and how influence gender and socioeconomic status to these attitudes. The data gathered from 139 5th grade students in Istanbul. There are 80 students from a public school and 59 students from a private school. In this study qualitative research method is used. A survey instrument that includes open ended questions was applied and semi-structured interviews are made. As a consequence of this research, it has been revealed that 5th grade students have fears toward insects because they have sense of disgust; they do not deeply know insects.

Keywords

Turkish Disgust Socioeconomic status Psychology Indonesian Private school Qualitative research Survey research Mathematics education Medical education Social science Social psychology Sociology Applied psychology Medicine Anger Demography Population

Subject Areas

Animal and Plant Science Education ·Social Psychology ·Social Sciences
Insect Utilization and Effects ·Insect Science ·Life Sciences
Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior ·Genetics ·Life Sciences

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