A RESEARCH OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ GEOGRAPHICAL SKILL— A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ ESSAYS IN OLYMPIAD COMPETITION
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
Author(s)
Chen, Yu-Ting
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
The Geographical Olympiad Competition has become a major event in Taiwan’s geographic society. These events enhance the interest on geography from teachers and students of senior schools. It also provides materials to examine the status of k-12 geographical education. Most previous works that studied map skills mainly focused on elementary and junior-middle education. This research attempts to explore the map skill in the senior education based on the materials presented in the 2nd and 4th Geographical Olympiad Competitions. We analyze the quantities and usage of maps adopted in the research reports provided by each participant group. The results show that most reports use maps to display the location of their study area. However, great proportions of maps were acquired from Internet or atlas, instead of drawn by competitors. In general, by comparing the reports between the 2nd and 4th competitions, we found a remarkable advance on participants’ map skills within two years. This outcome is partially ascribed to the growing popularity of GIS in senior high schools. According to the finding of this research, we provide suggestions for senior-school teachers and the host institute.
Subjects
地理教育
地理技能
地理科奧林匹亞競賽
Geographic Education
Geographical Skill
Geographical Olympiad Competition
Type
thesis
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