To dissect or not to dissect, that is the question - opinions of Czech gymnasium pupils on the use of animal dissections in teaching
2016
Abstract
The paper deals with the opinions of Czech high school (gymnasium) pupils on the use of animal dissections in education. A questionnaire study was performed among the pupils of two Czech grammar schools.
Further source of information was the personal experience with teaching dissection classes for a variety of school groups. Our results show that animal dissection are attractive for the majority of respondents, but are rejected by about 10% of them.
Teachers should respect the pupils' feelings and nobody should be forced to take part in the dissection. From the ethical point of view, mainly the origin of dissected bodies and the way, how the animals were killed, are considered important by the pupils.