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- MakaleAçık Erişim2018Use of geographic information systems (GIS) in geography lessons according to teachers’ opinion
Degirmenci, Yavuz
The purpose of the present study is to determine geography teachers’ opinions about how often, for what reasons and for what subjects the geographic information systems (GIS) are used in geography lessons. This qualitative study was carried out based on phenomenological design. The study was conducted with 15 geography teachers servicing at different schools in a city of Turkey. The teachers’ opinions were obtained via the semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher and the series of obtained data were analysed via the content analysis method. The study results showed that a great majority of the teachers did not use the GIS in their lessons and the reason for this was that they are not having sufficient knowledge about how to use them. Also, the teachers emphasised the insufficiency of possibilities, infrastructure, software and hardware. However, it was observed that all the teachers agreed on the necessity of using the GIS in geography lessons.
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İncele - MakaleYalnız künye2018Scopus SJRQ4Examination of main trends in geographical education research in Turkey
Değirmenci, Yavuz
The main purpose of the present study is to examine the main tendencies of the articles published in the field of geography education between the years of 2008 and 2018 in Turkey. Within the scope of this purpose, this study examined the subject fields, research methods, data collection tools, data analysis techniques and sampling methods used in the geography education studies in the journals scanned by the SSCI, ESCI and ULAKBIM social sciences databases in Turkey. The study used the document analysis method, one of the qualitative research methods. The study evaluated 224 articles determined according to the purposeful sampling method from the related databases by using the Geography Education Article Classification Form (GEACF) and then analyzed the obtained pieces of data by using the content analysis method and finally made some interpretations. According to the findings of the study, in the last ten years in Turkey, the highest number of articles were published in 2010 (n=33) and the lowest number of articles were published in 2017 (n=13). It was also observed that, in the field of geography education, the highest number of articles were published in the Marmara Geography Journal; however, in the journals scanned in SSCI, a total of (n=17) articles were published in the last ten years. Moreover, the studies were also determined to show more interest in the subject areas of teacher training and learning/teaching; questionnaires and scales were generally used as a data collection tool; the frequency/percentage and content analysis methods were preferred in the analysis of data; quantitative and qualitative methods were generally used in studies on geography education; on the contrary, mixed methods were less frequently used.
- MakaleYalnız künye2013The Natural Disasters in the Geography Teaching Curriculum
Degirmenci, Yavuz; Ilter, Ilhan
Disasters affect all aspects the communities and environment is a fact that we live on of our world. It takes place that types of natural disasters at different times and in types of the world and these affect people in many ways such as social, economic, and cultural. As it known that our country is an extremely risky structure in terms of natural disasters. Because of locating on the earthquake zones of Turkey's geographical position causes frequent to exposure earthquakes. In addition, existence of diversity of the earth surface, different climates, extreme situations, and lack of information about disaster education disaster awareness increase effect of disasters in our country. Education and training programs play an important role on disaster awareness and disaster education and formatting of human profile which is sensitive to environmental and compatible with environmental. From this perspective, geography lesson is an important on growing the consciousness of individuals who know his environment, aware of his boundaries and has awareness of natural disasters. The purpose of this study is determined how many activities, skills, values, techniques of measurement and evaluation, achievements, learning fields about natural disasters in the Geography Teaching Curriculum. This study used method of analysis document; it is exampled that sufficiency of Natural Disasters is in the program by based on current Geography Teaching Curriculum. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive analysis. To results, it has seen that about achievements of natural disasters have been in the level of every grades. It has been determined that most of these achievements are levels of 9th the grade (f=24) the least is 12th grade (f=22). Analyzed the distribution of achievements by learning fields; it is intensity in the in the environment and society of learning field and it has been seen that it has observed less in the global environment: regions and countries of learning field.
