Microorganism education: misconceptions and obstacles

Simard, Catherine

doi:10.1080/00219266.2021.1909636

Cited by 14 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…However, like this study, hands-on experimental studies are known to be effective in this age group (Verran et al, 2018;Lago et al, 2017;Scalas et al, 2017). The increasing number of educational activity studies are based on experience to overcome the view that microorganisms are harmful in primary and secondary schools (Simard, 2021).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Making Yogurt: A Practical Study to Develop an Understanding of Useful Bacteria

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aims for students to comprehend the beneficial functions of bacteria with the traditional home yogurt leavening activity. Also, it aims to identify alternative concepts related to leavening and contribute to students' home yogurt consumption habits. The study is a case study. The study was conducted with 29 fifth-grade students studying at a public school in Istanbul in the 2019-2020 academic year and their parents. Questionnaire forms and student observation forms developed by the researchers were used as data collection tools. The obtained data were described by content analysis. Before the application, the participant students were given these three statements; microbes as a sample of microscopic creatures, yeast fungi caused yogurt formation, and yogurt is healthy because it was a dairy product. While after the application, participant students changed their statements to these three; the term microbe was not used as a sample of microscopic creatures, bacteria took part in the formation of yogurt, and yogurt is healthy because it contains microscopic creatures beneficial for the digestive system. The educational activities integrated into daily life contribute to students' conceptual learning.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Making Yogurt: A Practical Study to Develop an Understanding of Useful Bacteria

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Microorganismo es un término científico que incluye grupos taxonómicos muy diferentes: protozoarios, hongos, bacterias, arqueas, algas y virus. Más allá de la controversia de si los virus son o no son seres vivos, en general, son considerados microorganismos (Timmis et al, 2019;Simard, 2021). El conocimiento de esta terminología más precisa y su significado constituyen un primer paso en el proceso de alfabetización científica en este ámbito que supera la denominación de germen, más imprecisa y ligada a la enfermedad, empleada en estudios más antiguos (Nagy, 1953;Kalish, 1996;Jones y Rua, 2006).…”

Section: Importancia De La Educación En Microbiologíaunclassified

El alumnado de educación infantil ya sabe lo que es un virus

2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Este trabajo busca identificar qué conocimientos sobre los virus se generaron de modo informal durante la pandemia del SARS-CoV-2 entre los escolares de educación infantil. Para ello, se analizan las respuestas de una entrevista estructurada llevada a cabo por las tutoras en las aulas y los dibujos realizados por el alumnado. Los participantes fueron 241 escolares de las aulas de infantil de 3 a 5 años. Los resultados apuntan a que la pandemia ha favorecido un conocimiento más realista sobre los virus, aunque ligado a uno concreto, el coronavirus. Los virus son situados mayoritariamente en el medio exterior y entendidos como agentes dañinos. Por último, los medios de comunicación destacan como principal fuente de información.

show abstract

“…The citizen's perception of microorganisms is generally negative, due to their association with disease and food spoilage (Simard, 2021 ). However, the vast majority of the planet's microorganisms are not pathogenic (Balloux & van Dorp, 2017 ), and in many cases, we rely on their ability to break down a wide range of substrates to maintain the cycling of elements, disposal of sewage, remediation of toxic materials, composting, producing fermented food and more (Hou et al, 2020 ; Insam & de Bertoldi, 2007 ; Nascimento et al, 2018 ; Olmo et al, 2022 ; Parvez et al, 2006 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food systems microbiome‐related educational needs

Olmo

Wetzels

Berg

et al. 2023

Microbial Biotechnology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Within the European‐funded Coordination and Support Action MicrobiomeSupport (https://www.microbiomesupport.eu/), the Workshop ‘Education in Food Systems Microbiome Related Sciences: Needs for Universities, Industry and Public Health Systems’ brought together over 70 researchers, public health and industry partners from all over the world to work on elaborating microbiome‐related educational needs in food systems. This publication provides a summary of discussions held during and after the workshop and the resulting recommendations.

show abstract

Microorganism education: misconceptions and obstacles

Cited by 14 publications

References 23 publications

Making Yogurt: A Practical Study to Develop an Understanding of Useful Bacteria

Making Yogurt: A Practical Study to Develop an Understanding of Useful Bacteria

El alumnado de educación infantil ya sabe lo que es un virus

Food systems microbiome‐related educational needs

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About