Geoethics: Master’s Students Knowledge and Perception of Its Importance

Almeida, António; Vasconcelos, Clara

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Geoethics: Master’s Students Knowledge and Perception of Its Importance

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dc.contributor.author	Almeida, António
dc.contributor.author	Vasconcelos, Clara
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-26T11:28:26Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-26T11:28:26Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	In the 1990s, the field of geoethics started its development, associated with a set of ethical principles that regulate the profession of geologists in their relationship with society and with nature. Given the importance of this field, but also its youth, 36 higher education students attending aMaster’s ofGeology course were surveyed (20were from an educational branch and 16 were from a scientific branch). The questionnaire applied to them aimed to achieve the following goals: (a) to identify the knowledge of the respondents about this new field and to verify their position about the inclusion of geoethics in the curriculum, (b) to understand how they consider the importance of geological knowledge in political decisions and (c) to investigate possible differences in the thinking of the respondents, given the specificities of their educational branches. The study concluded that the field of geoethics is unknown to the majority of the respondents. However, the recognition of its importance was also verified, after getting familiar with the definition of the concept, as well as the need for its inclusion in formal education. The respondents also considered relevant the creation of a deontological code that could provide geologists with ethical guidance. They also considered that geology should influence political decisions, but they did not consistently recognise the limits of its influence, which seems to reveal the need of a deeper understanding of the specific nature of geological knowledge when compared with other sciences. Almost all the results were similar in both groups, but the students from the educational branch offered more elaborate answers about the issues present in the questionnaire.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Almeida, A., Vasconcelos, C. (2015) Master’s Students Knowledge and Perception of Its Importance. Res Sci Educ 45, 889–906 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-014-9449-3	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11165-014-9449-3	pt_PT
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/11345
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Springer	pt_PT
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dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Geoethics	pt_PT
dc.subject	Deontological code for geologists	pt_PT
dc.subject	Geology and society	pt_PT
dc.subject	Geoethics and formal education	pt_PT
dc.title	Geoethics: Master’s Students Knowledge and Perception of Its Importance	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	906	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	6	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	889	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Research in Science Education	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	45	pt_PT
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person.familyName	Maria da Silva de Vasconcelos
person.givenName	António
person.givenName	Clara
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