A review of applied software in geography education

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Department of Geography Education, Farhangian University, P.O. Box 14665-889, Tehran, Iran

10.48310/rsse.2024.15836.1185

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The purpose of the current research is to review the software applications in geography education. The traditional research method is based on the developmental goal. The results have shown that the most common software in teaching geography is Power Point, among other software used are Google map to get latitude and longitude, Google Earth to get geographic coordinates, Seterra to get information about different countries, world map atlas World atlas geography, NASA World Wind is a 3D virtual world, its production philosophy is also education, Orbit about the solar system, planets and stars. Pc globe for the continents and countries of the world, Surfer in the field of topography and mapping, ER Mappe for the analysis of satellite photos-applied in remote sensing and processing of geographic images, World Atlas 3D for a better understanding of geography in geography data. Finally, technology in the system While the new educational system has changed the philosophy of education from teaching to learning, it has changed the learning circuit from teacher-centered to learner-centered. Taking advantage of information and communication technology due to its educational advantages of long-term memorization in geography education can have a significant impact on lifelong, broad and deep teaching-learning.

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پژوهش در آموزش مطالعات اجتماعی
Volume 5, Issue 3 - Serial Number 17
February 2024
Pages 95-116

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