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Schubert, Jan Christoph – Review of International Geographical Education, 2021
Experiments are an important way of working in the geography classroom. They promote and require numerous geographic skills. At the same time, experiments are only used comparatively rarely in geography lessons in Germany. In order to increase the frequency of experiments in the classroom and to better exploit their potential, GeoBoxes have been…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Skill Development, Grade 5, Grade 6
TazeKaraçali, Hülya – Review of International Geographical Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to comparatively examine the status of observation skills in the questions contained in the 2007 and 2020 fifth grade social studies textbooks published after the 2005 and 2018 curriculums. The reason for choosing the fifth class as a class level is that observation skills were included at this class level in both 2005 and…
Descriptors: Observation, Skill Development, Thinking Skills, Social Studies
Pala, Senol Mail – Review of International Geographical Education, 2021
Perception of change and continuity and perception of time and chronology are among the skills expected to be acquired by students through the Social Studies course curriculum (SSCEC). These skills are included in the SSCEC, which was updated in both 2005 and 2018. It is aimed to attainment, develop and transfer these skills to students by making…
Descriptors: Time, Concept Teaching, Social Studies, Curriculum
Yildiz Yilmaz, Nihal; Meydan, Ali – Review of International Geographical Education, 2020
This study aims to examine the change and transformation of geographical education in the Turkish primary school curriculum between 1923-2018. The research uses a qualitative document review method and a descriptive analysis process to analyse the data. Nine primary school programs created by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Educational History, Elementary Education
Ablak, Selman; Yesiltas, Erkan – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2020
Humans have been living in an environment since its existence. Human approaches and attitudes towards the environment in which they live have changed over time. It is hoped the negative attitudes of humans towards nature, the environment and environmental problems will change in a positive way, due to increasing levels of awareness occurring…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Environmental Education, Concept Formation, Conservation (Environment)
Reflection on Out-of-School Education Activities from the Textbooks to the Social Studies Curriculum
Aktin, Kibar – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2020
The Social Studies course covers many opportunities for students to actively learn-by-doing and learn-by-living outside of the school and classroom environments. In this context, the present study aims to identify how the Social Studies Curriculum in Turkey (Ministry of National Education [MoNE], 2018) supports learning in environments outside of…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Textbook Content, Textbook Publication, Social Studies
Ciineanu, Mariana-Doina – Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2016
The introduction conveys some data on the system of education in India, about the place Geography occupies within the curriculum, and on geography teachers' training. In the first section of the paper, several features of the coursebooks in India are underlined: authors, editing, prices, and designing. Furthermore, an array of coursebooks for 4th,…
Descriptors: Geography, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Grade 4
Hobai, Roxana – Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2015
Including in a novel information about relief, climate, vegetation, fauna and various aspects of socio-economic life can make literature a real source of geographical information. Using realistic literary works in Geography lessons has multiple benefits, which are not limited only to geographical knowledge. In this paper there are some fragments…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Literature, Novels
Mikander, Pia; Holm, Gunilla – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2014
The population of the world is growing and moving. The overwhelming majority of people are on the move inside their own country and mostly towards cities while a minority moves from non-Western areas to the West. In Finnish geography, history and social science school textbooks, this mobility tends to be depicted differently depending on whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Population Trends, Migrants, Migration
Pozo-Muñoz, Mª Paz; Martín-Gámez, Carolina; Velasco-Martínez, Leticia C. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2023
Water care and aquatic ecosystems play a fundamental role in the health and sustainable development of our society. From this perspective, education and water culture are key elements for increasing environmental awareness of the socio-environmental problems and risks associated with the sustainable use and management of water resources. The aim…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Water, Elementary School Students, Sustainability
Naujoks, Nick; Gölitz, Dietmar; Tellesch-Bülow, Christiane; Händel, Marion; Schubert, Jan Christoph – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2022
This study investigates students' motivation during experimentation in geography lessons by implementing a newly developed experimental kit on soils (GeoBox) in Germany. The study focuses on a first evaluation by means of a one-group pretest/posttest design. Fifth-grade students (N = 166) answered a questionnaire pertaining to regular geography…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Student Motivation
Hergan, Irena; Umek, Maja – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2017
The benefits of outdoor education are well known and irreplaceable. Teachers of environmental lessons frequently ask themselves what kind of cartographic support (paper maps or mobile navigators) to offer their students doing fieldwork either navigating to selected points or being engaged in the research of a selected environment. In this article,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Navigation, Maps
Hemmer, Ingrid; Hemmer, Michael; Kruschel, Katja; Neidhardt, Eva; Obermaier, Gabriele; Uphues, Rainer – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2013
This article relates about some results of an interdisciplinary research project analyzing influencing factors of children's spatial orientation competence in real space carried out by geography educators and psychologists. The focus is on the concept of representation as a theoretical foundation. The research design for collecting data of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Grade 3, Grade 4
Hinde, Elizabeth R.; Osborn Popp, Sharon E.; Jimenez-Silva, Margarita; Dorn, Ronald I. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
The "GeoLiteracy for English language learners" (ELLs) program is a curriculum that enhances reading and writing skills while teaching geography content for US students in kindergarten through eighth grades. The program includes 85 lesson plans that address all US national geography standards, a quarter of which address environmental…
Descriptors: Geography, Literacy, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)