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Research Articles

Attitudes to the Uses of Animals in Higher Education: Has Anything Changed?

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Pages 1-13 | Received 07 Aug 2007, Accepted 27 Sep 2007, Published online: 14 Dec 2015

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Table 1 Student approval ratings (A = approve, N = neutral, D = disapprove) for the use of freshly killed and live animal material (results given as percentages of those responding). Results for 1985–86 from CitationDownie and Alexander (1989): n=250–5; for 2005 first year, n=142; final year, n=132

Table 2 Student approval ratings for rat dissection under three conditions. Results given as percentages of those responding: first years n=136; final years n=134

Table 3 Staff and student rating of ethical factors in the design of animal-based practical work (results given as percentages of those responding ‘high’ only). Staff, n=42; First year, n=140; Final year, n=128; First year 1987–8, n=273 (data from CitationDownie and Alexander, 1989)

Table 4 Staff and students giving different purposes of animal experimentation high approval ratings (results as percentages of those responding). Staff, n=46; Final year, n=127; First year, n=120

Table 5 Staff ratings of educational aims of animal dissection. Results as percentages of those responding (n=45). Total responses add to more than 100% since staff were free to make more than one choice

Table 6 Student reactions to dissection a) interest, b) skills learned. Results are percentages of those responding to sets of statements. For first years, n=163; for final years n=138. Total responses add to more than 100% since students were free to make more than one choice

Table 7 Student reactions to alternatives to dissection. Results as percentages of those responding to a set of statements. For first years, n=148; final years, n=135. Total responses add to more than 100% since students were free to make more than one choice

Table 8 Staff and student evaluation of different media in providing alternatives to dissection. Results are percentages rating each medium as high. For staff, n=42; final years, n=127; first years, n=129

Table 9 Staff and student agreement levels with statements that a) dissection de-sensitises students, b) experimentation encourages people to regard animals as ‘things’. Results are percentages of those giving low, intermediate or high agreement. For staff, n=45; final years, n=135; first years, n=141

Table 10 Final year student (n=133) evaluation of their own changes in attitude towards animal experimentation. Results as percentages of those responding to a set of statements. Total responses add to more than 100% since students were free to make more than one choice

Table 11 Staff perceptions (n=36) of changes in student attitudes to animal experimentation. Results as percentages of staff agreeing with a set of statements. Total responses add to more than 100% since staff were free to make more than one choice

Table 12 Staff and student agreement levels with statements relating to a diet experiment on students. Results are percentages of those agreeing with particular statements. Total responses add to more than 100% since staff and students were free to make more than one choice. For staff, n=46; final years, n=133; first years, n=138

Table 13 Student importance ratings a) of discussing ethical issues in advance of animal practicals, b) impact of bioethics coverage on views towards animal use. Results as percentage of students rating low, intermediate or high. In a) first years, n=141; final years, n=137. In b) final years only, n=104

Table 14 Staff responses (n=47) to statements on the role of bioethics in undergraduate bioscience courses. Results as percentages of those responding. Total responses add to more than 100% since staff were free to make more than one choice

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