Estudio exploratorio de las Preferencias de Metodología de Enseñanza de las Ciencias en Estudiantes de Secundaria: El caso de un Centro de Educación Secundaria

This study aims to carry out an initial approach to the secondary education students' preferences regarding science teaching methods. The study also analyses the influence of academic level and gender on these preferences. Two hundred and forty spanish secondary education students (112 women and 128 men) at different educational levels (but they are all from the same high school) have participated in this research. All of them have been administered a multiple choice test of 6 items each with four options. In these items each option offers a way of teaching. The statistical analysis of the results obtained allow us to conclude that: a) Students show a significant predilection for student-centered teaching methods; and b) Academic level has a significant effect on teaching method preferences among students, but gender does not