How Do Geography Textbooks Deal with Map Skills? A Comparison of Turkey and England

Romanian Review of Geographical Education

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EYÜP ARTVİNLݹ  LEYLA DÖNMEZ² 

[1] Eski sehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, Turkey, e-mail: [e-mail];

[2] Eski sehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, Turkey, e-mail: [e-mail];

关键词: maps;    geographical skills;    textbooks;    geographical education;   

DOI  :  10.24193/RRGE220202

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Theskillsusedinallareasandstagesofeducationareimportant also in geographical education. The concept of skill is important for the individual’s life at all stages of Education. Geographical skills contribute to the abilit y of individuals to think critically and solve problems. They also enable the individual to think at a metacognitivelevel.Inthisstudy,itwasaimedtoshowthedegreeto which secondarygeographytextbooksgainthelevelofuseofmapskills.Mapsare communication tools that show where and how positional information is found. One of the most important materials to be used in geographical education are Maps. The map, which will appeal to the studen t, should benefit the individualsin their daily life by an inductive method. Individuals with map skills can transfer this directly into their lives. They can both read the immediate environment in which they live and have global mapping skills and positio n analysis skills. In thisstudy, skills, geographicalskills,geographytextbookswere analysedtodeterminetheir conceptualframeworkbyfocusingonmapusageskills.This researchisa qualitative one, with research data of 9, 10, 11 and 12 grade textbooks printed forthe2017-2018to2019-2020academic ye ar s.Theprocessofcollectingand analyzing geography textbooks usedthe document review technique.

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