The purpose of the current study was to determine the science and classroom teachers’ ethical sensitivities towards the issues of technology and the environment. Thus, the current study was conducted on 239 science and classroom teachers. The study employed the mixed method, in which qualitative and quantitative methods are used together. The quantitative dimension of the study is comprised of a survey, which was developed by the researchers. The qualitative dimension of the study comprised of three scenarios created by the researchers. Two of these scenarios are related to the environment and the other one is related to biotechnology. As a result of the study, the teachers’ ethical sensitivities towards technology and environmental issues were found to be high. For some items in the questionnaire significant differences in gender-based, branch-based, and professional experience were found. The results obtained from the scenarios revealed that while science teachers adapt more realistic approaches to the events, the classroom teachers make decisions for the future. It would be useful to organize in-service training and ethical awareness training for teachers who are in the beginning of their professional lives.

As teachers have an influential role on the lives of their students, the moral values they impart to their students will to a great extent determine the ethical decisions made by the students. The present study aimed to determine pre-service science teachers' ethical views and moral values in relation to some genetic issues and to determine the effect of their moral values on their ethical decisions. In order to collect the data in the current study, a questionnaire that included items related to genetic issues and the Ethical Position Scale were employed. A positive and significant correlation was found between the pre-service science teachers' (N=255) total scores of their opinions about genetic applications or legal regulations and idealist (Pearson's r= 0.145, p= 0.05) or relativist (Pearson's r = 0.218, p = 0.01) moral values. The female participants were found to be more idealistic than the male participants and were found to have a greater tendency to make ethical decisions (M female = 42.22, M male = 40.85, t(2,193), p < 0.05).

It is important to determine the ethical sensitivities of teachers who have high potential to work with experimental animals due to their branches. With this purpose the current study aimed to determine science and biology teachers’ ethical opinions about the use of experimental animals. In order to collect data, the Questionnaire of Opinions about the Use of Experimental Animals developed by Yiğit, et al. (2015) was employed. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, percentages, frequencies, mean values and t-test (N=70). While the science and biology teachers approached to the sixth item “Animals can be used in experiments in which they experience some pain for the benefits of humanity” with higher ethical sensitivity, the female participants were found to be more sensitive towards the second item “Alternative methods should be the first methods to be employed by researchers”. In light of the findings of the current study, it can be suggested that science and biology teachers who are more likely to be involved in experiments in which animals are used (according to the science and biology course contents published by YÖK) should be subjected to trainings during their pre-service and in-service years to raise their ethical sensitivities about the issue; thus, they can help their students more to recognize the value of animals. Keywords: Teachers’ sensitivity, ethics, animals, laboratuary experiments

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Bu çalışmada Türkiye’deki kadınların meme kanseri tarama yöntemlerine yönelik farkındalıklarının belirlenmesi hedeflenmiştir (N= 167). Bu doğrultuda araştırmacılar tarafından literatür taraması eşliğinde oluşturulan 28 soruluk “Meme kanseri tarama yöntemlerine yönelik tutum belirleme anketi” kullanılmış ve katılımcılara çevrimiçi ortamda iletilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistikî yöntemlerden yüzde (%) ve frekanstan (n) yararlanılarak SPSS 26 paket programı kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın bulgularına göre çoğunluğunu 20-25 yaş arası kadınların oluşturduğu örneklem grubunda katılımcıların “kendi kendine meme muayenesi yapma (KKMM)” oranları, “klinik meme muayenesi (KMM)” yaptırma ve “mamografi” çektirme oranlarına göre daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Araştırmanın öne çıkan bulgularından bir diğeri ise kadınların hangi tarama yöntemini hangi yaş aralığında ve ne sıklıkta yapması gerektiğini bilmeyen önemli bir kesimin bulunmasıdır. Özellikle KKMM yapılması farkındalığının sosyal medya aracılığıyla sağlanabildiği ve kolay yapılabilirliği nedeniyle de kadınlar tarafından daha yüksek oranda gerçekleştirildiği düşünülmektedir. Dolayısı ile medya mecralarında da “meme kanseri tarama yöntemleri”ne yönelik bilgilendirici faaliyetlerin sıklıkla oluşturulması ve paylaşılması farkındalık geliştirmek açısından yarar sağlayacağını düşündürmektedir. Bunun yanı sıra özellikle genç yaş grubundan itibaren eğitim kurumları da dahil olmak üzere gerekli bilgilendirme faaliyetlerinin düzenlenmesi önerilmektedir. Ek olarak 40 yaş üstü kadınların mamografi çektirmesinin önemine dair sağlık kurumlarınca bilgilendirme çalışmalarının önemle devam ettirilmesi, bu bilgilendirmelerin de sıklıkla tekrar edilmesi sağlanmalıdır.