ÖZTÜRK, Mustafa Erciyes Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , KARABAĞ, Servet Gazi Üniversitesi - Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey

PARADIGMS IN GEOGRAPHY IN TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES

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In this study, a number of paradigms that are reflected in the studies of geography since its inception as an academic discipline are explained. When we examine the changes took place in social sciences particularly in the 20th. century, we could see that certain paradigms came into prominence and define “science” differently in certain periods. Quality and content of the knowledge that we produce as geographers result from the paradigm it is embedded. Then, this study attempts to find out what candidate formator teachers of geography know about various paradigms in geography and which paradigms are adopted by the teachers. What teachers know will determine what they teach. Data used in the study was collected through a questionnaire carried out with 46 candidate formator teachers during an in-service training. According to the findings, teachers generally do not have adequate knowledge-base about the paradigms that are examined here.

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Geographic paradigms , geography teachers , formator teacher

Mustafa Kemal University Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences

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