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Direct linkMehren, Rainer; Rempfler, Armin; Buchholz, Janine; Hartig, Johannes; Ulrich-Riedhammer, Eva M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
Constituting a metacognitive strategy, system competence or systems thinking can only assume its assigned key function as a basic concept for the school subject of geography in Germany after a theoretical and empirical foundation has been established. A measurement instrument is required which is suitable both for supporting students and for the…
Descriptors: Models, Metacognition, Competence, Geography
Viehrig, Kathrin; Siegenthaler, Daniel; Burri, Samuel; Reinfried, Sibylle; Bednarz, Sarah; Blankman, Marian; Bourke, Terri; Brooks, Clare; Hertig, Philippe; Kerski, Joseph; Kisser, Thomas; Solem, Michael; Stoltman, Joseph; Behnke, Yvonne; Lane, Rod; Lupatini, Marco; Scholten, Nina; Siegmund, Alexander; Sprenger, Sandra – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2019
Earth Science and Geography teacher preparation has developed to some degree along different lines, despite sharing many of the same issues, especially with regard to challenges in teacher education. The conference "International Perspectives on Geography and Earth Science Teacher Education 2016" wanted to bring together educators from…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Geography Instruction, Earth Science, Conferences (Gatherings)
Sutter, A. McKinzie; Dauer, Jenny M.; Kreuziger, Tobias; Schubert, Jan; Forbes, Cory T. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2019
Little is known about how middle school students problematize socio-scientific issues (SSIs), particularly contemporary energy challenges. To address this need, we developed and implemented an instructional module focused on a local wind energy issue and conducted research to explore how sixth-grade students frame, reason, and make decisions about…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Decision Making, Energy, Problems
Download full textTomal, Necati; Yilar, Murat Bayram – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2019
The objective of this study is to evaluate the content of social studies textbooks, which are written and taught based upon the social studies curriculum adopted between 1968-2018, in terms of the curriculum and content designs, and some general educational principles. For this purpose, document analysis, one of the qualitative research…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Textbook Evaluation, Content Analysis, Social Studies
Liao, Yu-Hsiu; Kung, Wei-Chieh; Chen, Hsueh-Chih – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2019
This study investigated the effects of creative-map instructional strategies on learning performance, learning motivation, and creativity in a junior high school geography class. A quasi-experimental approach was used to assess the treatment effects among 79 ninth graders, utilizing qualitative data including students' feedback, and four…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Teaching Methods, Maps, Learning Motivation
Costandi, Samia; Hamdan, Allam; Alareeni, Bahaaeddin; Hassan, Ahlam – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2019
Higher education institutions in the Arabian Gulf region today, which have mushroomed and proliferated in the past ten to fifteen years, have been constructing themselves along models of Western universities at the levels of governance, programs, and structure. At the outset of the twenty-first century, universities have globally experienced a…
Descriptors: Governance, College Administration, Universities, Educational Change
Egiebor, Esohe E.; Foster, Ellen J. – Journal of Geography, 2019
This article describes the findings of a qualitative phenomenographic study that explored students' engagement from the perspective of the students. It describes how the participants perceived their engagement when they learned social studies using GIS Story Maps. Qualitative data collection involved classroom observations, student-written…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Geography Instruction, Social Studies, Geographic Information Systems
Virranmäki, Eerika; Valta-Hulkkonen, Kirsi; Rusanen, Jarmo – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2019
The aim of this research is to ask what kind of geography is taught in Finnish upper secondary schools and whether this knowledge is powerful knowledge. This is achieved by analysing 11 in-service geography teachers' concept maps and in-depth interviews with qualitative data analysis. The results indicate the dominance of three terms: spatiality,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary Education
Çirak Karadag, Sevinç – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2019
The academic outcomes of courses are evaluated by teacher grades or achievement tests; however, their psychological and interpersonal benefits are usually unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the views of social studies teacher candidates on the psychological and interpersonal outcomes of the outdoor education courses…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Preservice Teachers, Geography Instruction, Outdoor Education
Simm, David; Marvell, Alan – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
This paper reveals the extent to which undergraduate students demonstrate transformative learning whilst on international fieldwork in Barcelona, Spain. Groups of students create a series of discrete active learning situations that allow them and their peers to engage more fully with their locale and in turn experience a deeper understanding of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Transformative Learning, Field Experience Programs
Morgan, John – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2015
Although there are surprisingly few academic books about geography with the term "future" or "futures" in their titles, this paper indicates that for much of the twentieth century geographers contributed to important discussions about the shape of worlds to come. The paper offers a review of these debates within Anglo-American…
Descriptors: Geography, Geography Instruction, Debate, Trend Analysis
Yang, Daihu; Wang, Ziying; Xu, Di – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2015
This study centres on the questions and tasks in geography textbooks written before and after the curriculum reform in China. The aim of the study is to reveal the recent changes in amount, learning outcomes and types of questions and tasks in geography textbooks as well as the extent to which the ideas and intentions advocated by the curriculum…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Geography, Geography Instruction, Textbooks
Alhosani, Naeema Mohamed Dawood; Yagoub, M. M. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2015
The worldwide technology boom has created an information revolution. Consequently, a large number of people who previously had limited access to geographic data can now use Internet-based geographic information for a number of diverse purposes. The average person has access to geographic information for tourism, shopping, business, and even route…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Geography, Geographic Information Systems
Holloway, Jennifer – Geography Teacher, 2015
In this article the author describes how she teaches third and sixth grade classes about the six essential elements of geography at the beginning of each school year. The six elements organize the eighteen national standards and include: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Grade 3, Grade 6
Motala, Siddique; Stewart, Kristian D. – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2021
In this paper, we report on an intervention across continents and disciplines that brought together differently positioned students in South Africa and the USA. A collaboration between our classes--an introductory Geographic Information Systems (GIS) class in South Africa and a composition class in the United States--was facilitated and…
Descriptors: Activism, Interdisciplinary Approach, Geographic Information Systems, Teaching Methods
