Attitudes toward science in University population

Abstract

The following study examines the attitudes towards science, via a questionnaire administered to a sample of 107 students from the University of Malta, with the media framework in mind. It investigates the level of interest in science within the general media framework, and ranks the different areas of science according to the interest they elicit in the respondents. This survey determines which are the most utilised channels of information about science, and their efficiency. Another part of this study gauges the attitude towards science as part of one's own culture. Finally, it determines the level of scientific knowledge, both on the level of scientific facts, and on the level of scientific processes. This study also investigates the correlation between the understanding of processes of scientific inquiry, and understanding of scientific knowledge.