A Study On the Knowledge of Bioethics Among Prospective Biology Teachers

This research was conducted to examine the
knowledge of bioethics among students of teaching
biology, the sources of their knowledge about
bioethics and their response to various problems as
examples of bioethics study. This research is
important because bioethics is becoming an
important part of the curriculum developed for
students of teaching biology. Through survey
research results, 75% of responding students of
biology knew bioethics in vocabulary but did not
have a deep understanding of it, and 25% of
respondents did not know bioethics either in
vocabulary or its understanding. From all
respondents, 79.68% stated that bioethics was very
important to be integrated in the biology course
that already exists in the curriculum and 20.32%
stated that bioethics was important to be given and
become the main subject in the curriculum.
Moreover, 75% of respondents who knew bioethics
in the context of vocabulary but did not have a deep
understanding of bioethics had learned about it
from various sources, namely: articles 21% of
respondents, books 4% of respondents, internet
48% of respondents, senior students 16, 33% of
respondents, teachers and lecturers 10% of
respondents. Furthermore, most respondents
agreed and strongly agreed on various problems
presented as relevant to bioethics case studies,
namely: (1) environmental damage caused by
pollution; 2) the low moral and ethical aspects of
life; 3) exploitation of animal life on land and sea.