Challenges in Geography Education – A Review of Research Problems

Abstract

Scientific research and student education aimed at preparing students to practice their profession under the conditions of civilization and technological changes play a special role in geography teaching. It is important to be aware of the impact of key competences which are necessary for every person to function in the modern world and are needed for self-fulfilment, personal development, social integration, flexible adaptation to any changes and which determine the success in adult life. Proper development of such skills contributes to the correct interpretation of natural and socio-economic phenomena and processes. The aim of the article is to present and discuss research work and teaching activities pursued by the Department of Geography Didactics and Ecological Education at the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, aimed at the use by students of various educational concepts and the resulting key competences necessary for their future work. Students also have the opportunity to develop soft competences, such as communication, courage of expression, self-esteem or responsibility for the group, to which employers have paid special attention in recent years. Therefore, comprehensive preparation of the student requires the implementation of specific educational concepts. The most important ones include bilingual education; CLIL, inquiry based science education (IBSE), project method, fieldwork, geographical educational trails, participation, as well as the use of geoinformation technologies, GIS and ICT.

Perspectives of GIS Education in High Schools: An Evaluation of uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

“…Teaching geography is integral for preparing students for key competences of lifelong learning as recommended by the European Union [36]. In geography, GIS has become a helpful technology for promoting learner understanding of the subject because it allows visual illustration and manipulation of central concepts of the discipline [34].…”

“…Other strategies include geobrowsers [2], human capacity development [10,38], software support [20,27] and GIScience [15,39,40]. Piotrowska and Fargher [36,41] also suggest paper-based GIS, but [42] criticize this option, since GIS is a computer system that needs to be supported with appropriate computer hardware and software.…”

Przyszłość i perspektywy rozwoju edukacji geograficznej w świetle studiów literatury

“…: IBSE, Inquiry-Based Science Education) (Roberts, 2013) określane także mianem kształcenia poszukującego (m .in . : Popajakowa, Kravankova, 2018;Piotrowska i in . 2019;Abramowicz, Pilna, 2020;Szkurłat, 2020;Szczęsna, 2021) .…”

“…Procesy poznawcze u człowieka osadzone są bowiem na zmysłowym rozpoznaniu cech danego obiektu, zjawiska, procesu i zaangażowanym dążeniu do zrozumienia jego budowy, funkcjonowania itp . (Roberts, 2013;Popjakowa, Kravankova, 2018;Piotrowska i in ., 2019) . Oznacza takie organizowanie kształcenia, które obejmuje (w zależności od potrzeby) pobudzanie, odświeżanie, budowanie i pielęgnowanie w uczniach potrzeby wnikliwości ujawniającej się w stawianych przez nich, różnorodnych co do treści i formy, pytaniach .…”

Valoración del profesorado en formación de educación infantil sobre su participación activa en itinerarios patrimoniales

“…Situados en la perspectiva de una educación patrimonial como eje transversal (Fuertes, 2016;, planteamos una investigación sobre las valoraciones e influencia que presenta un itinerario didáctico de carácter activo con profesorado en formación de educación infantil (Delgado y Alario, 1994;Insa, 2002;López y Segura, 2013;Santolaria, 2014;Vilarrasa, 2003aVilarrasa, y 2003bPiotrowska, Cichoń, Abramowicz y Sypniewski, 2019;Mateo, 2019;Ferreras-Listán, Moreno-Fernández y Puig, 2019); un nivel en el que existen numerosas propuestas pero escasean estudios y resultados sobre la influencia de prácticas docentes concretas.…”