Perceptions of Secondary School Students about Risks of Scientists

Year 2020, Issue: 50, 269 - 290, 01.09.2020

Azize Digilli-baran , Sedat Karaçam

https://doi.org/10.9779/pauefd.597429

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of secondary school students’ about the risks of being scientists. 592 students in five, six and seventh grade participated in this study. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this study. The data obtained in the structured opinion form was analyzed by content analysis. As a result of the analysis of the data, the themes of risks that affect the environment and the society, directed towards equipment and subjects and affect the scientist are created. Most of the participants stated that they have physical, economical, sociological, labor-oriented and psychological risks affecting the scientist. It was observed that the participants emphasized the theme of physical risks and the most and the highest risk of injury or death due to the explosion was observed in this theme. And other themes emphasized losing assets as a result of the explosion about economic risks, asociality or not getting married about sociological risks. Also, they emphasized the inability to reach the result of working in labor-oriented risks and dementing because of working in psychological risks. In this study, risk perceptions were presented. In the following studies, it is necessary to investigate whether these risk perceptions have an effect on their career choices and if so, how individuals can revise these risk perceptions positively.

Keywords

scientist, career choice, , perception of risk about scientist

Bilim İnsanlarının Sahip Oldukları Risklere Yönelik Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Algıları

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, ortaokul öğrencilerinin bilim insanlarının sahip oldukları risklere yönelik algılarını tespit etmektir. Nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden fenomenolojinin kullanıldığı bu çalışmaya beş, altı ve yedinci sınıflarda öğrenim gören 592 öğrenci katılmıştır. Öğrencilerin bilim insanlarının sahip oldukları risklere ilişkin algılarını belirlemek için açık uçlu soruların yer aldığı anket uygulanmıştır. Yapılandırılmış görüş formunda elde edilen veriler içerik analizi ile analiz edilmiştir. Verilerin analizi sonucunda çevreyi ve toplumu etkileyen, araç gereç ve deneklere yönelik ve bilim insanını etkileyen riskler temaları oluşturulmuştur. Bunlardan en çok öğrencilerin bilim insanının kendini etkileyen fiziksel, ekonomik, sosyolojik, emeğe yönelik ve psikolojik risklere sahip olduklarını belirttikleri bulunmuştur. Öğrencilerin en fazla fiziksel riskler temasına vurgu yaptıkları ve bu temada ise en fazla patlama sonucu yaralanma veya ölme riskine vurgu yaptıkları görülmüştür. Diğer temalarda ise, ekonomik risklerden patlama sonucu mal varlığını kaybetme, sosyolojik risklerde toplumdan uzaklaşma veya evlenememe, emeğe yönelik risklerde çalışma sonucuna ulaşamama ve psikolojik risklerde çok çalışmaktan delirme riskine vurgu yaptıkları bulunmuştur. Her ne kadar risk algıları ortaya konulmuşsa da bu algıların onların kariyer seçimleri üzerine etkisi olup olmayacağı konusu hala açık değildir. Bundan sonraki çalışmalarda bu risk algılarının kariyer seçimleri üzerine etkisinin olup olmadığı ve etkisi varsa bireylerin bu risk algılarını olumlu yönde nasıl revize edebileceğine yönelik araştırmaların yapılması gerekmektedir.   

Keywords

bilim insanı, , kariyer seçimi, , bilim insanı risk algısı

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