Institutions influencing the teaching of geography in schools Structures, tasks and functions

This research has been carried out in the field of improving geography education methods and with the aim of identifying the structures, functions and performance of institutions that influence geography education in schools and providing suggestions for improving their future activities. The working method is based on document analysis and its statistical population includes all the documents available in the information bases of the Ministry of Education and its subordinate organizations, as well as publishing and educational aid institutions and non-profit educational institutions. The obtained results show that these institutions can be divided into two general categories, governmental and non-governmental. Government institutions include teachers' training groups, research and curriculum planning organizations, and student scientific associations, which have performed a task and have tried to update educational resources by taking inspiration from national documents and in line with their implementation. take steps in schools. The institutions of the second category, which are considered non-governmental, include private publishing and cartography institutions and scientific associations of geography teachers, which have an independent function and have made efforts to provide scientific resources and educational aids in schools. According to the growing trend of information and communication technology in education, it is suggested that government institutions move toward decentralization and diversification of teaching methods and non-governmental institutions move toward diversity of educational products with emphasis on smart games.