Geography teachers perception toward spatial thinking teaching and learning

Abstract

Spatial thinking can be thought through geography however to teach spatial thinking, geography teachers need appropriate knowledge and perception. The aim of this research was to know geography teacher perception about teaching spatial thinking through geography that viewed by gender. The geography teacher was a senior high school teacher with the consideration that spatial thinking has a deep connection with Geographic Information System (GIS) where GIS is given as geography subject materials to senior high school students. The data collection use a questionnaire to find out geography teachers perception about spatial thinking. The filled questionnaire then scored and analyzed using descriptive quantitative. The result showed that there was no significant correlation between gender and disposition to spatial thinking teaching and learning.

Spatial and Geospatial Thinking of Secondary Education Students in Greece

“…Fostering students' spatial thinking skills holds great promise for improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education (Gagnier et al, 2022). It is possible to develop spatial thinking, thus spatial thinking can and should be offered in the educational system at all levels (Dewi et al, 2021). This is a basic and essential skill that development should be the goal in every field of education.…”