Study Of Students' Attitudes Towards Biology And Health Education And Method Of Teaching At The End Of Secondary Education

Svetla Bukovska^{1), 2)}, Isa Hadjiali²⁾

¹⁾Center for Assessment in Pre-school and School Education

²⁾Sofia University

https://doi.org/10.53656/str2025-3-7-res

Abstract. The article presents the results of a poll survey to establish the attitudes and the way of teaching biology and health education at the end of the basic stage of education. Our main assumption is that the study will inform the analysis of the results of the upcoming PISA 2025, with a focus on science, and more information on science teaching and students' attitudes towards learning in relation to STEM learning and the development of STEM centers in many schools in Bulgaria. The poll was conducted during the 2022 – 2023 school year with a nationally representative sample of 978 students from all regions studying biology and health education in grade VII. The poll consists of two parts. The first is related to general questions to determine the demographic characteristics of the sample and a question about the learning environment - are students taught in a separate biology/natural science room. The second part includes statements from the questionnaire measuring the students' attitudes and motivation to learn biology, as well as the way of teaching the subject of biology and health education. The questions are grouped into six sections according to a pre-prepared specification. The results were processed by using descriptive statistics and Pearson's coefficient to study correlation dependencies.

Keywords: poll; motivation and attitudes; natural science; PISA 2025

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