Tanja Klop|Sabine Severiens
An Exploration of Attitudes towards Modern Biotechnology: A study among Dutch secondary school students
modern biotechnology large impact society requires informed decisionmaking critical attitudes toward biotechnology among publicthis study aims explore attitudes secondary educationfor purpose questionnaire constructed according general tripartite theory attitudes574 dutch secondary school students completed questionnairebased principal component analyses several distinct independent cognitive affective behavioural factors found demonstrating attitudes towards biotechnology multicomponent conceptin cluster analysis factors found four interpretable clusters representing different groups studentsthe four groups labelled confident supporter 22 sure 42 concerned sceptic 18 17these results indicate diverse appraisal modern biotechnology amongst secondary school studentssuggestions educational interventions made