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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to collect the preliminary data on teachers’ and students’ opinions on
learning ethics in a science classroom so it could be used in the second phase of my research study. This study
was a cross-sectional survey research and mailed questionnaires were used to collect data. The questionnaires
consisted of four major parts as follows; Part I: Personal data of respondent, Part II: School’s ethics learning in
general, Part III: Respondent’s ethics learning in the science classroom, and Part IV: Respondent’s opinion on
learning ethics in the science classroom. The two sample groups were 107 science teachers from Mahidol
Wittayanusorn School and Princess Chulabhorn’s College and 288 grade 10 science students from Mahidol
Wittayanusorn School and Princess Chulabhorn’s College.
The survey showed that 37.9 percent of students rated their level of understanding of ethics in science as
high or very high. That ethics in science is important was rated high or very high by 92.7 percent of students. In
addition, 66.3 percent thought that they were interested in studying ethics in science. More importantly, both
teachers and students agreed that there should be an academic requirement of learning ethics for all science
students by incorporating or integrating in a regular science class rather than in a class with a specific science and
ethics focus.
Hybrid learning, which is the combination of face-to-face and web-based learning, can be an appropriate
pedagogical method of learning ethics in science. 85 percent of science teachers reported that they would be
interested in participating in a training workshop or seminar on pedagogical methods of learning ethics if it were
provided. The findings of this study will be used to design suitable pedagogical methods of learning ethics in
science. These methods will be implemented in a Matthayomsuksa 4 (grade 10) science class at Mahidol
Wittayanusorn School and will eventually be developed and extended for other schools.
Keywords: Ethics in science; Science teacher; Science student