Geography, GIS and Employability in Turkey

Autor/inn/en	Seremet, Mehmet; Chalkley, Brian
Titel	Geography, GIS and Employability in Turkey
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40 (2016) 2, S.238-253 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2016.1141184
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Geography Instruction; Geographic Information Systems; Employment Potential; Higher Education; Qualifications; Teaching (Occupation); Occupational Aspiration; Career Choice; Case Studies; Curriculum Design; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Employer Attitudes; Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrplangestaltung; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Türkei
Abstract	Although higher education in Turkey does not have especially well-advanced systems and resources for addressing graduate employability, two developments are making it particularly important for Turkish geography departments to give increased priority to this agenda. One is the country's new Higher Education Qualifications Framework and the other is a major increase in geography student numbers, which means that geographers seeking school teaching posts (traditionally seen as the natural career pathway) now hugely outnumber the posts available. Against this background, this paper proceeds to explore the potential of geographic information systems (GIS) to contribute to geographers' employability in Turkey through a study involving the views and experiences of academic staff, students and employers. The paper reveals a mixed picture of both opportunities and challenges. It ends with a series of employability recommendations for geography and GIS in Turkey, a number of which could also be of wider relevance elsewhere. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01