Review on the state of GIS application in secondary schools in the southern African region

Mzuza, Maureen Kapute; Westhuizen, Christo van der

doi:10.1080/03736245.2019.1579110

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“…Hong (2014) and Fleischmann and Van der Westhuizen (2016) state that there is a low adoption of GIS technology in schools because teachers lack knowledge of the practical GIS integration. Studies by Ahiaku and Mcube (2018), Dube (2012), Malatji and Singh (2018), Mzuza and Van Der Westhuizen (2019) and Tarisayi (2018) were all focused on the views of the educators with respect to GIS in schools. Resultantly, Fleming (2016) noted that in 2014 and 2015, respectively, GIS questions in the Matric Geography Paper 2 were often not attempted by the candidates.…”

Section: Geographic Information System Implementation In Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A learner perspective on the implementation of Geographic Information Systems in selected schools in KwaZulu-Natal province

Zondi

Tarisayi

2020

TDSA

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Contemporary literature reveals a plethora of studies on the implementation of Geographic Information System (GIS) in South Africa. However, these studies provide an educator’s perspective while neglecting the learner’s perspective, which is provided in this study. The researchers used a qualitative collective case study in the interpretivist paradigm. A purposive sample of five schools and 50 grade 12 learners was used in this study. The data were generated using observations, five focus group discussions and 10 interviews. This study established that the learners lacked fundamental knowledge of GIS and that GIS was not being properly taught.

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Section: Geographic Information System Implementation In Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Resultantly, Fleming (2016) noted that in 2014 and 2015, respectively, GIS questions in the Matric Geography Paper 2 were often not attempted by the candidates. Mzuza and Van Der Westhuizen (2019) sum the challenges in teaching of GIS in Southern Africa as:…”

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A learner perspective on the implementation of Geographic Information Systems in selected schools in KwaZulu-Natal province

Zondi

Tarisayi

2020

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“…The study attributes this to teachers not having the know-how to present the GIS content as well as the lack of hardware and internet connectivity (Mzuza & Van Der Westhuizen, 2019).…”

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“…Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in GIS as a tool to teach the Geography curriculum (Mzuza & Van Der Westhuizen, 2019;Digan, 2019;Collins & Mitchell, 2019;Healy & Walshe, 2020). Geographic Information Systems (GIS) perform the function of visualisation, analysing and managing spatial map features in a database.…”

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“…There is a body of literature available (Demirci, 2009;Scheepers, 2009;Innes, 2009;Breetzke et al, 2011;Eksteen et al, 2012;duPlessis, 2012) that covers research on GIS at secondary school level when GIS was first introduced in 2006, and later when it was revised in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) (Fleming, 2013;Kerski, 2013), yet very few papers on the subject have been published since (Fleischmann, 2017;and Mzuza & Van Der Westhuizen, 2019). In this study, the status of GIS teaching in secondary schools was investigated to determine the possible reasons for the lack of GIS practical lessons being taught.…”

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An evaluation of the use of GIS and open data in secondary school education in South Africa, with reference to QGIS and OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Fleming

Evans

2021

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South Africa is one of only a few countries that has Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the secondary school curriculum. Of these few, SA is even more singular as its Geography syllabus includes GIS geoprocessing. Results from this study show that only a minority of teachers teach practical GIS classes irrespective of their Examination Board, access to hardware, how resourced their school is or whether they teach at a private or a government school. The key determinants to teaching practical GIS lessons are the teacher’s perceived GIS expertise and access to spatial data and time. Software, connectivity, and power supply are also identified as challenges. Teachers who participated in the study overwhelming agree that there are numerous benefits to using GIS in the classroom. They also expressed a keen willingness to attend GIS courses and learn more about QGIS. A sample group evaluated how OpenStreetMap (OSM) could be used to create local spatial data and how QGIS can be used to teach the GIS curriculum and used to map local data for individual research projects. There is an urgent need for more current research, both globally and locally, into how GIS can be used more in secondary school pedagogy.

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Personal computer usage and teasing among geographic information systems students

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Mensah

Yalley

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Social Sciences & Humanities Open

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Review on the state of GIS application in secondary schools in the southern African region

Cited by 21 publications

References 31 publications

A learner perspective on the implementation of Geographic Information Systems in selected schools in KwaZulu-Natal province

A learner perspective on the implementation of Geographic Information Systems in selected schools in KwaZulu-Natal province

An evaluation of the use of GIS and open data in secondary school education in South Africa, with reference to QGIS and OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Personal computer usage and teasing among geographic information systems students

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