Abstract
This study applied the judgemental sampling method to collect survey data from 404 pre-service teachers from the metropolitan Taipei area. The measurement used was the “Bioethics Education Questionnaire” developed for this study. Part of this questionnaire is designed to investigate the pre-service teacher’s opinions toward bioethics education. The results indicated that most of the pre-service teachers are willing to teach such a subject. They agreed that it is an important subject which should be taught and that it is highly possible to develop such a curriculum. They also agreed that the content areas should include the ethical conflicts caused by bio-technology, the ability to make ethical decisions when faced with such conflicts, and the ability to make decisions balancing individual beliefs and societal rules. In addition, it should be included in the current curriculum and can be taught across different subjects although it has the most relevance within the subject of high school biology. This study also indicated that the universities the participants enrolled in and different areas of study, all have significant impacts on the results of this study. For example, the pre-service teachers who are majoring in biology are more motivated in teaching bioethics.
| Keywords: | bioethics; bioethical issues; bioethics education |
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