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2. PERSIST_EU ICT tool

on how the student views on certain topics
In the last decades, the Science, Technology could change after undergoing said training.
and Society (STS) approach has broken The topics were selected due to the societal
with the traditional science education, mainly controversy they presented at the moment of
focused on transmitting facts and concepts, developing the project. Namely, the platform
and has introduced in schools the interrelations was developed to measure changes in
among Science, Technology and Society. students’ views in climate change, vaccines,
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and
This approach presents Science in its context complementary and alternative medicines
and takes into account that for our daily decision (CAM).
making, we do not only rely on our knowledge
in a topic but in our values, in which trust, The platform was developed in a co-creative
perceptions and beliefs are directly involved. way from an international perspective and
thinking about its transferability to other
With this in mind, in PERSIST_EU we countries.
developed an instrument to assess the quality
of science-based training, focusing specifically

2.1 What is the PERSIST tool

The online platform consists of a questionnaire
for the assessment of science literacy before
(Q1) and after (Q2) training. Students would
receive a personalised link for responding to the
questionnaire in the platform and their before/
after answers would be compared to evaluate
change in their perceptions and opinion.

The questionnaire was designed at the LTTA
Learning Teaching and Training Activity in
Valencia in June 2019. It covered all four
topics and included both questions inspired by
already existing surveys and new questions,
built to purpose. For each topic, the questions
covered four categories: knowledge and
information; beliefs; perception; and trust
(Table 1). The questionnaire also included
questions about the habits of searching for
science information, as well as questions about
the socio-demographic profile of the students.

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