2022
DOI: 10.1177/09636625221075787
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Positions on science and religious beliefs across societies: Development of a research instrument and testing of its validity among high school students

Abstract: Science education inclusive of learners’ cultures requires understanding how students position scientific knowledge with regard to identity-laden beliefs, such as religions. To address this need, we developed a research tool administered across linguistic and societal contexts. In this article, we present the conceptual frameworks the instrument articulates and draws upon. We then test the construct validity and internal consistency of its dimensions based on data collected from a main sample of 238 English-sp… Show more

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“…The first contribution of our study is to provide a comparison across topical domains for the ways that people turn to the internet to learn. Due to a perception of religion as relating more to subjective and personal practice in comparison to science's relative objectivity (J. H. Evans & Evans, 2008;Wolfs et al, 2022), we suspected that the learning landscape for religion may be more inflected with knowledge gained through interactive channels such as social media. Similarly, people's past learning experiences, namely, the chance of more formal science education as compared to religion may also shape their attitudes toward online avenues for learning.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The first contribution of our study is to provide a comparison across topical domains for the ways that people turn to the internet to learn. Due to a perception of religion as relating more to subjective and personal practice in comparison to science's relative objectivity (J. H. Evans & Evans, 2008;Wolfs et al, 2022), we suspected that the learning landscape for religion may be more inflected with knowledge gained through interactive channels such as social media. Similarly, people's past learning experiences, namely, the chance of more formal science education as compared to religion may also shape their attitudes toward online avenues for learning.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another difference may emerge around the relative private versus public connotation of different domains of learning (Wolfs et al, 2022). People may be motivated to pursue religious knowledge more from personal interest than out of a sense of public responsibility, for example.…”
Section: Science and Religionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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