Evaluation of Geography Textbooks in Terms of Misconceptions about Climate Topic

Q3 Social Sciences

Review of International Geographical Education Online Pub Date : 2019-04-20 DOI:10.33403/RIGEO.573480

F. Bozkurt

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Abstract

This descriptive study is centred on the representation of climate concepts in the geography textbook and academic books. The study mainly examined how the concepts, which were determined by considering the misconceptions in our previous studies, were presented in the 9 grade newlypublished geography textbook and academic books. Also, the study identified, discussed and showed the ways in which the representation of climate concepts in the textbook might corroborate the students’ misconceptions. Secondly, the misconceptions were examined by comparing how they were presented in local and foreign academic books. In addition, appropriate corrections, explanations and visual materials were presented to explain the conceptions. The findings show that the misconceptions or deficiencies mentioned in our previous studies still persist in the newly published textbook and local academic books. It is believed that such a study can help solve the problems related to the misconceptions encountered in geography teaching, and that it can increase the geography teachers’, textbook writers’ and publishers’ awareness of the common misconceptions of the students about climate and thus it can shed light on the definitions and materials that can be used in describing these concepts.

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从气候主题的误区看地理教材

这项描述性研究集中在地理教科书和学术书籍中气候概念的表现。本研究主要考察了新出版的九年级地理教科书和学术书籍中概念是如何呈现的，这些概念是考虑到我们以往研究中的误解而确定的。此外，该研究确定、讨论并展示了教科书中气候概念的表现可能证实学生误解的方式。其次，通过比较国内外学术著作中对这些误解的表述，对这些误解进行了检验。此外，还提供了适当的更正、解释和视觉材料来解释这些概念。研究结果表明，在新出版的教科书和地方学术著作中，我们以往研究中提到的误解或不足仍然存在。认为这样的研究可以帮助解决地理教学中遇到的与误解有关的问题，并且可以提高地理教师、教科书编写者和出版商对学生对气候的常见误解的认识，从而可以阐明用于描述这些概念的定义和材料。

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Review of International Geographical Education Online Social Sciences-Education

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期刊介绍： RIGEO aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in geography education and social studies education. It is open for rigorous research papers as well as all level teachers’ experience about good practice for geography lessons and discussion papers. RIGEO would like to lie both in theory or on research papers and practice of geography teachers’ in geography education and in addition to social studies education. RIGEO is eager to publish original papers in all aspects of geography education and social studies education.