The effect of teachers' educational approaches on the effective teaching of geography in Iran's high schools

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 دبیر جغرافیا

2 Faculty of farhangian university

10.48310/rsse.2024.16213.1201

Abstract

Today geography education has a special importance in their planning system in order to familiarize students with the natural and human characteristics of their country and other countries. Geography is an essential subject to prepare students for the future.

Geography education is carried out in the framework of a specific subject in order to create suitable learning opportunities for general and partial purposes in Iran. Although the textbooks are prepared by the educational research and planning organization in the three fields of cognitive, skill and attitude learning, but in the end it is the geography teachers who coordinate and implement the curriculum and the final behavior which is defined as education.

This research was conducted using a qualitative method using a semi-structured interview form. During the interview, the teachers were asked questions about teaching methods, educational techniques , geographical skills, teaching aids and how to manage the class.

Our statistical population in this research is 40 geography teachers of schools in different cities of Iran in the academic year 1402, who were randomly selected.

The results show that although geography teachers use methods appropriate to the curriculum, there are weaknesses in the teaching aids and materials that must be compensated.

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