What is Innovative Geography Teaching? A Perspective from Geography Teachers

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine views of geography teachers on innovative geography teaching. The study group consists of 15 geography teachers (8 Females, 7 Males). The study is designed in keeping with phenomenological research. Semi-structured interview form is used as a data collection tool in the study. The collected data are analyzed through content analysis based on inductive analysis technique. Themes are derived from codes. The content analysis results reveal that the geography teachers are satisfied with their professions, the teachers who can keep up with technological and methodological developments in their field, are regarded as innovative teachers, innovative geography teachers are the ones who integrate new technologies into their lessons, the internet resources are the most significant application form in following the innovations, the participants consider making innovation in geography teaching as a part of their profession, and proficiency in the use of computers plays a crucial role in becoming innovative. The research findings have been discussed in relation to the literature and some recommendations have been given.

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“…Teaching style refers to the teacher's quality, preferred method of resolving issues, the teachers interaction with the students, completing tasks and reaching decisions, classroom management, teacher behavior such as presenting information, planning subject matter, conducting learning activities (Vaughn & Baker, 2001), actions as well as the media they use to carry out the teachinglearning processes in the classroom (Conti, 1989;Fan & Ye, 2007;Fischer & Fischer, 1979;Galbraith & Sanders, 1987;Grasha, 1996;Kaplan & Kies, 1995, p. 29;Sheikh & Mahmood, 2014). According to Artvinli (2010), the most critical aspects that influence and guarantee the effectiveness of a highly complicated teaching-learning process are teaching styles. In other words, teaching style is important in the effectiveness of teaching-learning process.…”

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