Using Web 2.0 Tools in Teaching Spatial Statistics: Secondary Teachers’ Views from Greece

Level of knowledge, skills and attitude of trainee teachers on Web 2.0 applications in teaching geography in Malaysia schools

“…Geography trainee teachers and other trainee teachers in Malaysia are different in the context of knowledge, skill and attitude, level of use and level of assessment on the effectiveness of T&L via ICT application. Geography trainee teachers expose to ICT through university curriculum is formed in terms of geography knowledge and skills together with pedagogical methods based ICT ( Rizou and Klonari, 2020 ). This gives an advantage because geography students will eventually go to secondary school to teach geography subjects exposed to a technical subject syllabus from an early stage.…”

“…In addition, the use of Blog applications is widely promoted in order to improve understanding, writing and learning skills. Moreover, the significance could be viewed to improve students' understanding of the subject of Basic Economics (Fırat & Köksal, 2017), to enhance the positive value on vocabulary, discourse markers, writing organization and writing structure (Almekhlafi & Abulibdeh, 2018), and to improve reading, writing and collaborative skills among students (Rizou & Klonari, 2020). In particular, its application at a continued commitment could J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f improve reading skills, writing and interaction skills as well as save time.…”

Evaluation of Web 2.0 applications in field training in the context of geography course

“…The idea of revising today's field training environments in line with the needs has been popularly adopted by educators and academics and many studies directly related to this subject area have been carried out (Alan, 2017;Chen et al, 2013;Exarchou et al, 2015;Hursen, 2021;Leh et al, 2021;Parkinson, 2013;Rizou & Klonari, 2020). Despite all the difficulties, the purpose of utilizing ICT as a tool in the relevant process is to facilitate the teaching and learning of geographical knowledge, to address modern teaching methods to today's students, and thus to make learning both useful and permanent (Chang & Wu, 2018).…”

“…Günümüz alan eğitimi ortamlarının ihtiyaçlar doğrultusunda revize edilmesi fikri eğitmenler ve akademisyenler tarafından popüler bir biçimde benimsenmiş ve bu konu alanıyla doğrudan ilişkili birçok çalışma yürütülmüştür. Coğrafya eğitimi de bu çalışmaların odak noktalarından biridir (Alan, 2017;Chen vd., 2013;Çenesiz & Özdemir, 2021;Exarchou vd., 2015;Hursen, 2021;Leh vd., 2021;Parkinson, 2013;Rizou & Klonari, 2020). Web 2.0' dan daha kapsayıcı bir niteliğe sahip olan bilgi ve iletişim teknolojileri (BİT), coğrafi olguların öğretilmesinde ve öğrenilmesinde önemli ölçüde kolaylık sağlamaktadır.…”