Publication details
Pojetí geografie a geografického vzdělávání u studentů učitelství v Česku
| Title in English | The perspectives of geography, and geography teaching, in secondary pre-service teachers in Czechia |
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Geografie |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://geografie.cz/125/4/0501/ |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.37040/geografie2020125040501 |
| Keywords | perspectives of geography; geography education; university geography education; Catling’s typology; pre-service teachers |
| Description | The position of geography in Czechia at all levels of education has been declining. In order to improve this situation, it is necessary to innovate university pre-service teachers’ training. It is necessary, however, to first examine Czech pre-service geography teachers’ perspectives of geography as a discipline – and their perspectives of geography teaching. The analytical framework of the study is based on Simon Catling’s typology of geography perspectives. The survey was conducted with 183 pre-service geography teachers at nine geography departments in eight Czech universities. In the questionnaire survey the respondents ranked seven statements belonging to the perspectives of geography as a discipline and to geography teaching. In general, the most commonly held perspectives of geography as a discipline were “Interactionist”, “Earthist”, and “Globalist”. The “Globalist” perspective predominantly concerns perspectives of geography teaching. Research findings are used to formulate recommendations for the remedy of the image of geography. |
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