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Geographic Literacy in Third-year Compulsory Secondary Education Students

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Poor geographic knowledge among students and citizens, in general, has been one of the main research concerns in the area of geography education. This study is part of a project aimed at determining compulsory secondary education students’ level of geographic knowledge and providing tools to improve learning. Following quantitative research methods, the geographic knowledge and competences of the participating students have been assessed through an online test. Additionally, the circumstances associated with the students’ personal and academic environment that contribute to explaining the results have been established. The findings show the participating students’ scarcity of geographic knowledge, both regarding specific curricular contents and spatial competence. The results obtained suggest the pressing need to find a new geography teaching approach that is more clearly linked to the language of maps. Keywords: geographic literacy, geographic knowledge, online map editor instrument, place location knowledge, pre-test data evaluation

Source: Journal of Baltic Science Education

DOI: 10.33225/jbse/24.23.1119

Authors: Jaume Binimelis Sebastián, Alejandro Gómez Gonçalves, Isabel María Gómez Trigueros, Joan Jordi Muntaner Guasp

Institutions: Universitat de les Illes Balears, Universidad de Salamanca, University of Alicante

Language: English

Topic: Geography Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Agencia Estatal de Investigación