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Enhancing argumentation and decision‑making of preservice early childhood education teachers through role‑playing on animal experimentation Vicente, Juan José Franco-Mariscal, Antonio Joaquín Oliva, José María Educación infantil Juegos de rol Profesores - Formación profesional Experimentación animal Early Childhood Education Teachers Role-Playing Animal Experimentation This study explores the socio-scientific issue of the relevance of animal experimentation using a role-playing game to develop argumentation and decision-making skills as key components of critical thinking. The activity was conducted with two cohorts, each con- sisting of 30 pre-service early childhood education teachers at the University of Málaga (Málaga, Spain). The study analyzes the arguments provided by the participants to justify their decisions and perceptions on the issue before and after engaging in the role-playing. The findings reveal a progression of participants from the initial rejection of animal exper- imentation to recognizing its imperative role in shaping scientific knowledge. Addition- ally, an enhancement in the understanding of rational aspects of the issue is detected, as observed through the evolution of the types of arguments employed in justifications before and after the intervention. Furthermore, emotionally charged arguments related to ethical and moral aspects of the issue are also observed. Funding for open access publishing: Universidad Málaga/CBUA. This work is part of the R+D+i Project ‘Citizens with critical thinking: A challenge for teachers in science education’, reference J. J. Vicente et al.1 3 PID2019-105765GA-I00, and the Project ‘Modeling in science education: from science classroom to teacher training’, reference PID2022-136353NB-I00, both funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Agencia Estatal de Investigación [grant number MCIN/AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033]. 2024-07-10T07:51:41Z 2024-07-10T07:51:41Z 2024-05-17 journal article VoR Vicente, J.J., Franco-Mariscal, A.J. & Oliva, J.M. Enhancing Argumentation and Decision-Making of Preservice Early Childhood Education Teachers Through Role-Playing on Animal Experimentation. Sci & Educ (2024). https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32015 10.1007/s11191-024-00529-9 eng Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access application/pdf Springer