Geography Teaching Students’ Perceptions on Turkish World (An Example of Atatürk University)

Authors

  • Mete Alım

    Keywords:

    Turkish World, Turkish Republics, geography, education, perception, student

    Abstract

    This study aims the determining the level of understanding and general knowledge and perceptions of Geography Teaching students on Turkish World and Turkish republics. The examples of the study were obtained from students of Atatürk University Faculty of Education, Department of Geography Teaching. A scale consisted of open ended questions in order to determine the level of knowledge and perceptions of the sample group on Turkish World and Turkish republics.

    According to findings, students with information about the Turkish World and Turkish republics are sufficient level. Students have pointed that Turkey can be considered as the leader of the Turkish World. They have stressed that the most important problem of the Turkish World inadequate relationships.

     

    Keywords: Turkish World; Turkish Republics; geography; education; perception; student

     

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    Author Biography

    • Mete Alım

      Mete Alım was born in Iğdır (Turkey), in 1975. He graduated from Atatürk University, Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education, and the Department of Geography in 1996. He served as a teacher in various schools. He started to work as a research assistant at the Department of Geography in 2000. In 2003, he received his Ph.D. degree in Geography Education. He has been working as Assistant’s professor in Atatürk University, Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education. His research interests include geography education, concept teaching, environmental education, environment.

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    Published

    28.10.2009

    Issue

    Vol. 6 No. 2 (2009)

    Section

    Geography

    License

    © Journal of Human Sciences. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    ©1999 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

    How to Cite

    Alım, M. (2009). Geography Teaching Students’ Perceptions on Turkish World (An Example of Atatürk University). Journal of Human Sciences, 6(2), 574-586. https://j-humansciences.com/index.php/IJHS/article/view/899