Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 18, Issue 2, Article 13 (Dec., 2017) Ebru IŞIK, Gülcan ÇETIN and Murat ÖZARSLAN Students’ views about disease concept: Drawing and writing technique Contents Next

Students’ views about disease concept: Drawing and writing technique

 

Ebru IŞIK^a, Gülcan ÇETİN^b* and Murat ÖZARSLAN^b

^aScience Institute, Biology Education, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, TURKEY
^bDepartment of Mathematics and Science Education, Biology Education, Faculty of Necatibey Education, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, TURKEY

*Corresponding Author’s Email: gcetin@balikesir.edu.tr

Received 21 Sept., 2015
Revised 31 Oct., 2017

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Contents

• Abstract
• Introduction
  • Purpose of the Study
• Methodology
  • Participants
  • Data Collection and Data Analysis
• Results
  • Explanations about Disease Concept
  • Drawings about Disease Concept
• Discussion and Conclusions
• References

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Abstract

This study was aimed to determine ninth grade students’ views about disease concept by a drawing and writing technique. Participants consisted of 81 ninth grade students in a Technical and Industrial Vocational School in Kocaeli, Turkey. The study was conducted in spring semester of 2009-2010 academic year after Health Concept Unit in Health Education Course had been taught in fall semester of 2009-2010 academic year. Data were collected by questionnaire including drawing and writing technique. Data were analyzed by using descriptive and content analyses techniques. Data about disease concept were categorized under eight themes: Disease names, disease causes, disease consequences, disease prevention, mental health, figures about the definition of disease, objects defining disease, and others. Although the students described mostly the concepts of microbe, fatigue, body, bad, harm, and health related to disease concept, the students drew mostly the figures of face, human beings, sickbed, and redness related to disease concept. However, the students mentioned mainly about physical dimension of disease concept in their explanations related to definition of disease concept rather than psychological dimension of disease concept.

Keywords: Disease concept, Health concept, Drawing-writing technique, Secondary education