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High school students’ attitudes towards geography and the
questions that they wonder about it
Necati Tomal
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Education,
Samsun-Turkey. E-mail:
tomalnecati@gmail.com. Tel: 0090362 3121919-53 84.
Accepted 3 June, 2010 |
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Four hundred and five (405) students were involved in this
survey in order to determine general attitudes of High
School students towards Geography. The only aim of this
study is not to determine the place of Geography lesson
among other courses. We also tried to find out the reasons
why students have positive or negative attitudes towards it.
The results of the research suggest that Geography is the
fourth lesson among the most favorable courses. Of course,
there are many factors that make this lesson one of the most
favorite courses. From the answers to the open-ended
questions, it can be concluded that students’ positive
opinions about their teachers is the most effective factor
that increase students’ interest in the lesson.
Key words:
Attitude, teaching geography, high school education,
geography lesson, student. |
