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TITLE OF PUBLICATION
ATTITUDE OF THE YOUTH TO NATURAL SCIENCES AND TO WORKING IN R&D (ORIG. VZTAH MLADé GENERACE K PříRODOVěDNýM OBORůM A SOUVISEJíCí VěDECKOVýZKUMNé
čINNOSTI)
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Kateřina Chabičovská, Iva Galvasová, Jana Legátová
NAME OF PUBLISHER
GaREP, spol. s r.o
YEAR OF PUBLICATION
2010
LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION
Czech
PUBLICATION TYPOLOGY
Research
TARGET GROUP OF PUBLICATION
Researchers
SIZE OF THE PUBLICATION
3 – 10 pages
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS
In 2008 and 2009 a sociological research was realised among students of grammar schools university students and Ph.D. students. Aim of this research was to discover their interest in natural sciences and in working in R&D, especially: a) what they want to do for a job in future /grammar school students/, b) why did they applied for their branch of study /university students and Ph.D. students/, c) whether they want to work in R&D /all groups/, d) media usually used by respondents.
The research was executed as an activity of a research project No. 2E08018 financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.
REVIEWER’S COMMENTS ON THE PUBLICATION
Sociological survey tries to find the way to increase the number of young people working in the science and research. The research is focused on students of secondary schools and students of master and doctoral programs at Faculty of Science (Palacky University Olomouc) and their motivation for working in science. It also compares motivation of men and women for working in science.
WHERE TO FIND IT
www.garep.cz/publikace/referat-28.doc
PDF OF THE PUBLICATION
30_5_GaREP.pdf
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague

Comments about this Publication

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Date: 2013.07.10

Posted by Alžběta Jantová (Czech Republic)

Message: This is a sociological survey among students of secondary schools and universities as well as among PhD students. Nearly 1,500 students took part in the survey. The aim was to assess the interest of young people to study natural sciences and work in research and development. The survey was questionnaire based.

Personally I was surprised by the fact that around one third of grammar school students demonstrated deep interest in natural sciences. On the contrary, the reason for the general lack of interest was above all the complexity and difficulty of natural sciences and the constant need for education and self-improvement. Such demands, however, are in my opinion not only typical for natural sciences but apply as well to for example humanities or engineering disciplines. This proves that chemistry is widely understood as an above-average difficult discipline while not so much interesting, enjoyable or rewarding – which I think is a shame.

The article and its aim are relevant and matching the project\'s main aim

National Reports on successful experiences to promote lifelong learning for chemistry The national reports on chemistry successful experiences to promote lifelong learning for chemistry are now available on the related section of the project portal. The reports presents examples of successful experiences in the partner countries and the results of testing of ICT resources with science teachers.

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