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- Title
High-School Graduates' Beliefs about Science-Technology- Society. IV. The Characteristics of Scientists.
- Authors
Ryan, Alan G.
- Abstract
The article reports on the responses of a sample of Canadian high school graduates on the relationship between scientists and the fruits of their work, the reporting of scientific findings to the general public, students' perceptions of the honesty and objectivity of scientists and the unequal gender distribution of Canadian scientists. Majority of the students felt that scientists should be concerned with the potential effects, especially the harmful effects of their discoveries to the nonscientific community. Most respondents felt that scientists should be required to produce public reports. Some students felt that honesty and objectivity, being necessary for the performance of science. Thirty percent of the respondents, especially women, gave sociological reasons for unequal gender distribution of scientists. Women have been stereotyped by society as childbearers,as being not so clever, and so on.
- Subjects
CANADA; SCIENCE &; society; SCIENTIFIC knowledge; HIGH school graduates; RESEARCH; SCIENTISTS; WOMEN scientists; SEX distribution; SCIENTIFIC discoveries; HONESTY; OBJECTIVITY; SCIENCE
- Publication
Science Education, 1987, Vol 71, Issue 4, p489
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.3730710403