Actitudes hacia la ciencia en primaria y secundaria

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Resumen Con la presente investigacion hemos tratado de explorar que actitudes tienen los ninos y adolescentes respecto a la ciencia y la tecnologia. El tamano muestral ha sido de 6.827 cuestionarios, de los que 3.895 (57.1%) correspondieron a Educacion Primaria y 2.932 (42.9%) a Educacion Secundaria Obligatoria, representando una fraccion de muestreo del 1.5 por mil. La informacion recogida nos ha permitido analizar las diferencias en cuanto a genero, tipo de centro educativo (publico o privado), nivel (Primaria vs Secundaria) y la profesion de los padres, todo ello en diferentes bloques tematicos que configuran las actitudes de la muestra hacia la ciencia y la tecnologia: el grado de conocimiento cientifico, la percepcion de los cientificos y de su trabajo, posicionamiento dicotomico ante las ciencias (ciencia ?mala? vs ciencia ?buena?), importancia social de las ciencias, ensenanza cientifica formal, ensenanza cientifica informal y, por ultimo, percepcion global de las ciencias. Palabras clave Actitudes hacia la ciencia, ciencia y sociedad, curriculum, Educacion Primaria, Educacion Secundaria. Abstract With this research, we have tried to explore children?s and teenagers? attitude towards science and technology. The sample size was 6,827 questionnaires, which 3,895 (57.1%) were from Primary Education and 2,932 (42.9%) from Compulsory Secondary Education, representing a sampling fraction of 1,5 per thousand. The information gathered allowed us to analyse the differences regarding the genre, the kind of educational establishment (public or private), the level (Primary vs. Secondary) and parents? profession, all in all in different thematic blocks which make up the sample?s attitude towards science and technology: their scientific knowledge level, their perception towards scientists and their job, their dichotomous positioning in the presence of sciences (?bad? science vs. ?good? science), the sciences social importance, the formal scientific teaching, the informal scientific teaching, and, finally, the global perception of sciences. Keywords Attitudes towards science, science and society, curriculum, Primary Education, Secondary Education.