Viewss of biology teachers on stem cell donation and transplantation and organ donation and transplantation: A socio-scientific study

The purpose of this study is to reveal the opinions of biology teachers about stem cells, tissue, organ donation and transplantation, which are sociological issues and are part of the biology course curriculum. The study uses a mixed pattern method. In this study, participants are composed of 45 biology teachers who served in Balıkesir province in 2021-2022 academic year. When using the Organ Transparation and donation behavior Scale for quantitative data, the Scenario-based Root Cell and Organ donation Vision Form is used for qualitative data. Quantitative data has been analyzed using the SPSS 26 program. According to the Kolmogrov Smirnov Test, it was observed that the data was not dispersed normally, then the Whitney U Test was performed. Qualitative data has been analyzed by subject to content ,descriptive analysis techniques. According to the results of the quantitative data, there was no significant difference between teachers' attitudes regarding organ transplantation and donation, according to the variables specified. According to qualitative data, the importance of education levels is revealed as well as sociological and cultural effects on transfer-donation issues.Since the age of small donations and transplants, the increase in information is expected to have an effect on the number of donors. Social media and public spotlight studies have been found to have a positive impact on donation-transfer issues. It can be said that it would be beneficial to add the ocquistions iclated to donation to the Biology Course curriculum as well as to curriculums of Health, Traffic and religion class course.