Google Earth 應用於中學地理教育之研究
Application of Google Earth for Geography Education in Secondary Schools
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Chiang, Ying-Yin
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Abstract
Following the continual development of the contents of the geography curriculum, the teaching emphasis has shifted from familiarizing the student with the knowledge and techniques of geography to enabling the student to be able to apply the knowledge and techniques to solve practical problems. The focus has also shifted from the main subject of learning how to operate the computer to using computer resources to solve issues in life. Therefore, with the assistance of technology, the student is able to obtain a more concrete and deeper understanding of the significance of geographical knowledge. Google Earth is a website that was launched by the Google Search Engine Company in 2005. It makes use of remote sensing satellite images to display the landscapes of various parts of the world, and it also provides various display functions, enabling the viewer to easily look at the landscapes from different perspectives. The website has very high application value in the field of geography education.
The present study takes this opportunity to make use of the characteristics of Web GIS to construct a website for teaching applications, which will provide interactive supplementary teaching tools, and enable us to understand the effectiveness and limitations of the new teaching methods that are implemented by the teachers, and the study would further discuss the level of satisfaction and learning effectiveness of the students. The teaching experiments in the present study are divided into 2 sections. In the first section, the students in the GIS elective course of the Affiliated High School of the National Chengchi University are chosen as the target of the research. Based on the convenience of online technology, and using Google Earth as the platform, there are two hours of learning time each week. The method is different from the traditional two-dimensional geography teaching method, and the students are allowed to independently learn the process of handling and coming up with themes related to geography, and thereby appreciate the interaction between man and the space around him. In addition, a questionnaire is used to evaluate the difference in satisfaction between the teaching method introduced in the present research and the traditional teaching method. In the second section, four classes of students from the 7th grade in Yi-Chang Junior High School of Hualien County are chosen as the target of the research. Using the regional geography of China as the teaching unit in the experiment, 2 classes form the experimental groups, while another 2 classes form the control groups, and the experiment seeks to find out the difference in the learning effectiveness of the students using Web GIS (Google Earth software) as the teaching method and using the lecturing method.
The present study discovered that the web contents for the digital course website can be continually added, resources can be shared, and can receive certification from various parties. In the process of constructing the website, we would highlight the following points for future reference:
1. The contents of the website can integrate the various editions of the textbooks, and adopt the core concepts as key development areas.
2. Develop thematic discussions, in order to coordinate with the geography fieldwork.
3. Establish an online forum for teachers, in order to facilitate an exchange of ideas among the various parties.
4. Establish a database of teacher-student works, and accumulate the results.
For the section of the level of learning satisfaction of the students, due to the fact that the students already have a habit of going online everyday, and are already used to seeing an arrangement of multiple windows that are opened on their screens, it is therefore possible to use the method of hyperlinks to supplement relevant concepts, and it could enable the students feel more convenient about reading the concepts, and immediately get an explanation for areas of doubts. Furthermore the students are highly interested in the interface that is presented by Google Earth, and therefore the incorporation of Web GIs as a teaching tool has been well received by the students. However, deeper applications will present another challenge for the teachers. However, deeper applications will present another challenge for the teachers. For the section of the level of learning effectiveness of the students, the teaching experiments adopted the regional geography of China as the main topic, and different teaching methods are carried out with the experimental groups and the control groups. The consolidated results of question-and-answer tests for the students show that teachers can indeed make use of the Web GIS teaching tools and methods to enable the students to attain a higher level of learning effectiveness.
Key words: geography education, online education, Google Earth, digital learning
Subjects
地理教育
網路教學
Google Earth
geography education
online education
digital learning
Type
thesis
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