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3) Bilimsel Araştırmaların Bilim Etiğine Uygunluğu | 9. Sınıf Biyoloji (Maarif, Yeni Müfredat)

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Main ideas / lessons

  • Scientific research must follow “scientific principles” tied to ethics—researchers should act impartially, honestly, accurately, and responsibly.

  • Core researcher obligations

    • Collect and analyze data accurately
    • Report results without distortion
    • Don’t selectively use only convenient data
    • Cite others’ work when using their data, methods, figures, or opinions
    • Avoid harm to humans, animals, and the environment
    • Use science for the public good, not personal gain
    • Protect confidentiality and collaborate fairly (equitable division of responsibilities)

  • Consequences of violating ethics

    • Credibility of scientific findings decreases
    • Public trust declines
    • People/animals/environment can be harmed
    • Misinformation spreads, causing errors in later research

  • Scientific ethics are rules for correct, honest, responsible researcher behavior, presented as the “conscience” protecting science’s credibility.

  • Examples of unethical behavior in science

    • Plagiarism: using others’ methods/data/opinions/writings/figures without attribution
    • Biased manipulation: steering surveys/interpreting data to get desired outcomes (e.g., unrealistic “100%” uniform results)
    • Fabrication: generating/publishing data not actually obtained from real research
    • Selective exclusion of data that doesn’t support the hypothesis
    • Duplicate publication: publishing the same results multiple times
    • Unfair collaboration: unequal or incorrect distribution of team participation/responsibilities

Methodology / instructional content (explicit steps and formats)

A) When asked: “What rules must scientists follow?”

  • Impartiality
    • Avoid bias; do not act according to personal interests.
  • Honesty / integrity
    • Be honest in conducting research and reporting.
  • Accuracy and faithful reporting
    • Collect and analyze data correctly.
    • Report results without distortion.
    • Do not “cherry-pick” only useful data, and do not improperly ignore inconvenient data.
  • Proper attribution
    • Do not use others’ work without citing the source.
  • Do no harm
    • Research must not harm humans, animals, or the environment.
  • Public benefit
    • Science should serve the public good, not personal gain.
  • Fair collaboration and confidentiality
    • Protect confidential information.
    • Collaborate fairly within a team (don’t overload one person while leaving others with no responsibility).

B) Case-study analysis task (what to identify)

Identify ethics violations in student reports based on:

  • Whether team members’ division of labor is described
  • Whether photos/images are reused across reports without citation
  • Whether survey results appear unrealistically uniform (e.g., all participants give the same answer)
  • Whether some members didn’t participate but still appear credited as contributors
  • Whether bibliography/sources are included

Then list the unethical behaviors connected to those violations, such as:

  • Plagiarism (no bibliography / reused images without credit)
  • Biased/manipulated survey outcomes
  • Unfair or dishonest attribution of contributions (credited non-participation)

C) “Checkpoint” (TRUE/FALSE marking + correcting wrong statements)

Instructions:

  • Write “D” for correct statements.
  • Write “Y” for incorrect statements.
  • For incorrect statements, write the corrected version in the blanks.

Topics covered:

  • The importance of survey data reliability
  • Whether all data must be reported (unbiased) vs publishing only supportive data
  • Whether survey results can be manipulated (should be treated as unethical if manipulated)
  • Source citation is required
  • Whether non-contributors can be credited (unethical “fake partnership” / plagiarism)
  • Using another person’s data is allowed only with citation

Speakers / sources featured

  • Speaker: The biology teacher / lesson narrator (main presenter of the video; provides explanations and example questions/answers).
  • Sources mentioned (as concepts):
    • Ministry of Education (MEB) textbook/order (the document matches it)
    • “Education Class” WhatsApp channel and associated teachers (noted as providing free PDFs)
    • The included “PDF in comments” (presenter-prepared document)
  • Named individuals: No specific named individuals are identified in the subtitles beyond generic references such as “teacher,” “young people,” and “teachers.”

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