Abstract

This research was conducted to examine the knowledge of bioethics among students of teaching biology, the sources of their knowledge about bioethics and their response to various problems as examples of bioethics study. This research is important because bioethics is becoming an important part of the curriculum developed for students of teaching biology. Through survey research results, 75% of responding students of biology knew bioethics in vocabulary but did not have a deep understanding of it, and 25% of respondents did not know bioethics either in vocabulary or its understanding. From all respondents, 79.68% stated that bioethics was very important to be integrated in the biology course that already exists in the curriculum and 20.32% stated that bioethics was important to be given and become the main subject in the curriculum. Moreover, 75% of respondents who knew bioethics in the context of vocabulary but did not have a deep understanding of bioethics had learned about it from various sources, namely: articles 21% of respondents, books 4% of respondents, internet 48% of respondents, senior students 16, 33% of respondents, teachers and lecturers 10% of respondents. Furthermore, most respondents agreed and strongly agreed on various problems presented as relevant to bioethics case studies, namely: environmental damage caused by pollution; 2) the low moral and ethical aspects of life; 3) exploitation of animal life on land and sea.