Identifying and evaluating potential areas for conducting scientific tours in geography education (Case study: Qomishlo region in the west of Isfahan province)

Document Type : Original Article

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PhD in Geography, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University

10.48310/rsse.2024.15332.1175

Abstract

Geography is a combined and holistic science and tries to study natural and human phenomena in relation to each other and in the form of a single collection. To teach this science, one of the best methods is to conduct a scientific tour. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the capabilities of the Qomishlo region in the west of Isfahan province in order to introduce it as one of the destinations for a scientific excursion to geography professors and teachers. For this purpose, textual and visual documentary research methods and field studies in the form of observation and interview have been used and the obtained data have been described and analyzed. The obtained results show that this region has good potential in terms of geology, geomorphology, mineral, climate, biodiversity and history, which can be used as a geography training workshop to describe and analyze the interrelationship between phenomena. natural and human in 3 cognitive, skill and attitudinal dimensions. Therefore, according to the special features of this region and also its ease of access, it is recommended that professors and teachers of geography education prioritize holding a scientific tour in this region.

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