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The relevance of non-formal Biology Olympiad training for upper secondary school students

Author(s) -

Justus Mutanen,

Maija Aksela

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

lumat international journal on math science and technology education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169

H-Index - 3

ISSN - 2323-7112

DOI - 10.31129/lumat.6.2.311

Subject(s) - olympiad , relevance (law) , context (archaeology) , mathematics education , medical education , vocational education , training (meteorology) , science education , psychology , pedagogy , biology , medicine , political science , geography , paleontology , law , meteorology

Science competitions, such as the International Biology Olympiad, are non-formal education targeted to upper secondary school students with high abilities. However, there is little knowledge about what is the relevance of training for a science competition. In this study, Finnish Biology Olympiad training participants were researched in the context of relevance of science education. In total, 28 students filled in questionnaires and participated in interviews. It was found out that the students experienced the training to be especially individually relevant for them, and there was no significant difference between genders. Based on the results, vocational and societal topics should be taken into more account in designing Olympiad trainings.

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