Geography Needs Assessment: A Focus on Teacher Training and Awareness.

Autor/in	Fitzhugh, William P.
Titel	Geography Needs Assessment: A Focus on Teacher Training and Awareness.
Quelle	(1992), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	grafische Darstellung; Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Education Courses; Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Geography Instruction; Social Studies; Staff Development; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Background; Teacher Education; Teacher Evaluation; Teaching Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fortbildungskurs; Elementarunterricht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Gemeinschaftskunde; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung
Abstract	This paper presents the results of a survey that examined elementary school teachers' attitudes about social studies (particularly geography) instruction. The responses of newly-hired elementary teachers were compared to those of experienced elementary teachers. The survey included questions such as: Have you ever taken a social studies methods course? Have you taken a geography course? At what age should children start learning geography? List the areas of the social studies/geography curriculum in which you feel staff development would be most worthwhile. Among the conclusions of the study were that newly-hired teachers had a better background in geography than experienced teachers; teachers did not seem to enjoy teaching social studies as much as other curriculum areas; and staff development needed to be centered around creative activities for teaching geographic concepts. (DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01