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Acquaintance with Bioethical Concepts and Attitudes towards Some Bioethical Issues: Example of Teacher Education Students

In the effort to develop the form and content of the bioethical topics in the programs of the teacher studies, a pilot study was conducted in which the general knowledge of the bioethical issues was sought. The task of this study is to examine, on a sample of students at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb (N = 212): 1) To what extent is the subject of bioethics known as discipline known to students, whether they know certain bioethical terms and their attitudes about some bioethical issues ; 2) Is there a difference between students of the first and fifth year of study in attitudes and knowledge of the terms and subject matter of bioethics and 3) Is there a correlation between knowing certain bioethical terms and attitudes of respondents about some bioethical issues (euthanasia, abortion, right to reproduction). The results show that students are not well acquainted with the subject matter of bioethics as well as bioethical concepts and that there is no correlation between their knowledge and their attitudes about some bioethical issues. It is therefore concluded that the attitudes of respondents on bioethical issues (euthanasia, abortion, right to reproduction) do not determine knowledge of the subject but their value orientation (traditionalism / liberalism), and the affective (emotional) dimension of the attitude plays an important role. Also, in the largest number of examined variables, there is no statistically significant difference between the first and fifth year students, suggesting the low presence of bio- ethical topics in the programs of teacher studies and the need to introduce courses and other content that would have the task of raising the level of competence of students in the field of bioethics.

bioethics, bioethical education, education, teacher study, bioethics subject matter, bioethical attitudes, civic education

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