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{"title":"Examining the Effects of using a Porphyrios-Tree Aided Constructive Teaching Approach with Pre-service Social Studies Teachers to develop Understanding about Ecological Interspecies Relationships","authors":"Selami Yangin, Ilhan Turan, Ş. Bilgin","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.643936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.643936","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to find out the effects on pre-service teachers of a constructivist teaching approach aided by use of a Porphyrios-tree. Use of a Porphyrios-tree is thought to be the basis of and most principled conceptual teaching tool to aid meaningful comprehension about concepts of interspecies relationships. The study has a quasi-experimental design and uses a single-group pre-test and post-test model. The study group consists of 3rd Grade Social Studies pre-service teachers who are studying in the Faculty of Education at a university in Turkey. The study has a two-tier application, the first of which is dedicated to conducting interviews with each participant for nearly 20 minutes in a suitable environment. Stage two is designed to conclude whether or not the responses from the individual or group interviews about the Porphyrios-tree drawings do help to resolve any misconceptions. A structured grid was used for data collection in these interviews. Data analysis was performed by analyzing the quantitative values obtained from the structured grid with SPSS 22.0. It was found out that pre-service teachers developed the most alternative conceptions in their learning about mutualism and commensalism. Also, after the application of Porphyrios-tree, the students' alternative conceptions about of “positive interaction (mutualism, commensalism)” was eliminated. More strikingly, the pre-service teachers’ post-test scores are higher in all statements of the grid. Consequently, it is recommended to carry out further research with different variables to enlighten about whether the Porphyrios-tree is an effective teaching tool in other subjects.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49532279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Portfolio Model for the Teaching and Learning of GIS Competencies in an Upper Secondary School: A Case Study from a Finnish Geomedia Course","authors":"Henna Anunti, E. Vuopala, J. Rusanen","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.741299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.741299","url":null,"abstract":"The fast rate of technological development in today’s modern, digitalized society provides new opportunities and challenges for the future of geography education. The availability of geographic applications and geographical information systems (GIS) also create many interesting possibilities for the analysis, interpretation and production of geographic information (GI). The objective of this paper is to explore and discuss how a digital GIS portfolio can be used as an educational method for teaching and learning about the use of GIS. In this study, a design-based research (DBR) approach is used to develop a portfolio model for use in a Geomedia course in an upper secondary school setting. The design process occurred during January 2019 with pre-service teachers (n=8) and Geography teachers (n=2) at a university in Finland. There were six development cycles including problem analysis, design process and design solutions. The idea of a DBR approach is not only to create instructional materials to support students´ in their learning and development of GIS skills, but also to be an educative process for pre-service teachers who have minimal experience in teaching GIS skills. The digital GIS portfolio model follows Bloom´s taxonomy and includes progressively more demanding, inquiry-based activities for students. The digital GIS portfolio as a pedagogical practice was tested during Spring semester in 2019 with students (n=17) who were completing a Geomedia course at a local upper secondary school. It turned out that the use of a digital GIS portfolio is a very promising method for GIS education. Use of the portfolio improved student competence at using GIS; it developed student motivation to learn about GIS; and increased students' perceptions about the importance of GIS. However, a teacher-centred approach for teaching about GIS skills was also considered to be very important. The results of this study provide practical knowledge for Geography teachers and useful advice for developing teacher training in Geography.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48508090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Secondary School Students' Awareness of Environmental Education Concepts","authors":"Selman Ablak, Erkan Yeşiltaş","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.745951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.745951","url":null,"abstract":"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 through environmental education. The aim of this study is to measure secondary school students' level of awareness about environmental education concepts. A quantitative survey model is used in this study. The sample of the study was taken at several central secondary schools in the Sivas province for students in Grades 5 – 8. There are a total of 524 students in the study. The “Environmental education concepts awareness scale (CEKFO)”, developed by Otun, Artun, Temur & Tozlu (2017) consists of 22 items and is a data collection tool for this study. The IBM SPSS statistical 23 package program was used to analyze the data. The results were analyzed by means of arithmetic-mean, standard-deviation, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test. The data was evaluated with a significance level of 0.05. As a result of the research, it was concluded that secondary school students who participated in ths research had a high level of awareness about the concepts of environmental education overall. On the other hand, it was concluded that there was no significant difference in secondary school students‘ awareness of environmental education concepts compared to gender and family speech status variables on environmental issues. It was observed that there was a significant difference between variables such as class, mothers’ education, fathers’ education and family monthly income levels.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48490695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using WebGIS Platforms and Inquiry-based Activities to Teach about World Political Map and World Population","authors":"S. Csachová","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.678026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.678026","url":null,"abstract":"In Slovakia, a national project IT Academy – the education for the 21st century – was launched to promote student interest in science, mathematics and informatics across secondary education; and to also prepare students for the digital age. Geography education has an opportunity to undergo a process of reconceptualization and change in response to an increased use of technology. Recent trends in geography education which are occurring as a result of technological developments have resulted in the map, a primary tool of a geographer, becoming substituted by digital technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS). However, digital advancements have not been reflected in the teaching and learning of geography. Therefore, based on such an assumption, the aim of the current study is to encourage Geography students to acquire knowledge and develop skills through the purposeful use and implementation of geospatial technologies. The paper presents learning activities about World Political Map and World Population for secondary school students who are studying Geography, which are designed to make Geography lessons more inquiry-based with real-life application. The activities were piloted and evaluated by Geography teachers all over Slovakia. In conclusion, the statements from teachers confirm the project is relevant for gradual reform of geography education in our country.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44915713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors of Critical Spatial Thinking for a Geography Metacognition Assessment in Indonesian Senior High Schools","authors":"M. Nursa'ban, K. Kumaidi, M. Mukminan","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.686050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.686050","url":null,"abstract":"Factors of Criticial Spatial Thinking for a Geography metacognition assessment are a moot point among experts and practitioners. This study aims to develop an understanding about such factors by using a structural equation model to generate a comprehensive and accurate assessment instrument for metacognition in Geography. The study is a research and development project for a Thesis. The current research involves 595 participants, consisting of experts and practitioners from eight representative Senior High Schools in Indonesia. The study occurred between August 2017 and February 2019. The results from a confirmatory factor analysis generated 15 indicators for three dimensions of Critical Spatial Thinking. The three dimensions are concept comprehension, concept application, and creativity in producing ideas; and they are used to generate an assessment for metacognition in Geography. The indicators involve concept application, location, distance, approach, equation, disaster mitigation, concept map, interaction, map instrument, aura, region, hierarchy, pattern, spatial association, and inquiry. The factors were assessed by nine experts and obtained 0.85 on the Aiken validity index. A chi-square of 330.47, df = 90, p-value = 0.000, and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.071, t = 4.78, and GFI = 1.96 in the significance level of 5%, proves the items fulfil both the analysis and construct dimensions, and also have a significant influence on the dimensions and factors of metacognition.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48134513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physical Geography Education: The Postgraduate Research Trends in Turkey","authors":"Öznur Yazici","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.621792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.621792","url":null,"abstract":"The field of research in physical geography relates to subjects such as place-shaping, climatic events, soil formation, vegetation development, the water cycle, and the nature and use of natural resources including underground mining processes. In order for humans to survive and facilitate their daily lives, they must have sufficient knowledge about many physical events taking place on planet Earth. In physical geographical education, various scientific research projects are carried out to bring rigour to the subject and the teaching of related concepts. Such projects include postgraduate Thesis studies. In this research, an examination of the status and general trends for postgraduate Theses occur in relation to physical geography education in Turkey. The current study is a mixed methods design and an evaluation of the theses occur through a document review. The theses are retrieved from the database of the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education Institution. A descriptive analysis and bibliometric study on the theses aims to reveal the progress in physical geography education. Results from the research show the most common type of graduate Thesis includes writing about the subject, university, year of admission, institute, writing language, sample, study group/sample size, method/research model, data collection tool, data analysis technique/analysis method, research subject and the subject of physical geography, and the level of instruction/target audience. In response to the less frequently covered topics and methods, suggestions are made for future research and investigation to occur at the level of postgraduate studies.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44104577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Academic Motivation Levels of Secondary School Students and Their Attitudes Towards a Social Studies Course","authors":"M. Faiz, E. Avcı","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.693769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.693769","url":null,"abstract":"Research Article www.rigeo.org","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45954101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disaster Awareness and Preparedness of Barrio Community in Zambales, Philippines: Creating a Baseline for Curricular Integration and Extension Program","authors":"Danilo Jr. V. Rogayan, Lea F. Dollete","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.634564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.634564","url":null,"abstract":"The social, biological and economic cost of natural disasters have increased in recent years due to skyrocketing population growth, environmental denudation and global climate change. This cross-sectional descriptive survey research determines the extent of disaster awareness and preparedness of the barrio or barangay community from the five southern municipalities of Zambales, Philippines. A total of 480 residents responded to the study. Results revealed that a majority of respondents were moderately aware about the different disasters occurring in the community. They are very aware about a typhoon whilst being moderately aware about a tsunami and storm surge. In terms of hazard level, respondents perceived a typhoon to be ‘very destructive’, whilst they understood a tsunami and storm surge to be ‘strong’. The barrio community often practice disaster preparedness for earthquakes, strong typhoons, landslides, fire, flood and volcanic eruptions. Amongst residents of the barrios, a moderate correlation exists (r=0.449) between their levels of disaster awareness and disaster preparedness. The results of this study provide a baseline information to use in decisions about the integration of disaster science and management in the curriculum at basic and higher education levels. Moreover, the results of this study also provided insights into the crafting of a community extension program to be spearheaded by the university. Such a program accentuates the need for massive dissemination of information about disasters for local communities so they become more aware about the causes and consequences of disasters. The proposed curriculum integration and extension program may inform practitioners and policy makers in making sound decisions regarding disaster risk reduction and mitigation strategies.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42372749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Youth Climate Change Mitigation Practices and Adaptation in Malacca State, Malaysia","authors":"N. Nayan, Hashim Mohmadisa, Mahat Hanifah, Saleh Yazid, N. S. Balkhis","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.545819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.545819","url":null,"abstract":"Climate literacy is one way to assess youth awareness about current climate change phenomena such as El-Nino or La-Nina. This article aims to build a model of climate change mitigation practices and adaptation among youth in Malaysia, especially in the historical state of Malacca. A total of 400 youth respondents residing in the state of Malacca were selected through a simple random sampling process. Among the sub-constructs studied are sustainable development, environmental conservation, natural resources and effective involvement. The data were analysed descriptively to pair the reliability of results from Cronbach’s alpha with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). CFA was used to obtain a three solutions factor from SPSS 22 and AMOS 20 software. The results showed that the Cronbach’s alpha value was at a ‘high’ classification which surpasses 0.80. Results from CFA analysis shown a three-factor solution is appropriate and acceptable based on the suggested indicators. Therefore, a 30-item measurement model was developed to measure the mitigation and adaptation practices of climate change amongst youth in Malaysia. This study is significant because few studies have been completed on connecting youth practice and adaptation in regard to climate change it; the current study illustrates how Malaccan youth practise mitigation knowledge in the era of climate change, and how they say they will adapt to the effect of climate change.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41490380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preservice Teachers' Metaphors about the Concept of Space Perception","authors":"Mehmet Kuzey","doi":"10.33403/rigeo.641606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33403/rigeo.641606","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to reveal the metaphors produced by the students of the Faculty of education regarding the concept of space perception. In accordance with this aim, the phenomenon design from qualitative research designs was used. The working group consists of 261 teachers who study in the Departments of Bayburt University Faculty of Education, Turkish, Social Sciences and primary education in the 2018-2019 academic year. “Perception of spatial” in order to determine the metaphors produced by the teacher candidates for the concept of “perception of spatial\"........ like/is similar to because \"the semi-structured form containing the statement was distributed and they were asked to convey their thoughts. The data obtained at the end of the study were analyzed in accordance with the content analysis. Participants produced a total of 109 valid metaphors for the concept of space perception, and these metaphors were grouped under 10 different categories. As a result of the study, it was determined that half of the teachers associated the concept of space perception directly with the words that contain the meaning of the concept of space.","PeriodicalId":52147,"journal":{"name":"Review of International Geographical Education Online","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47437476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}