معيقات اكتساب معلمي الجغرافيا مهارة قراءة الخريطة و فهمها

الملخص EN

This study aimed at investigating the obstacles that Geography Teachers' face in acquiring the reading skill and understand maps in Ma'an, Al-Shoubak t, Petra and Al-Badayah Al-Janobeah Directorates of Education.

To achieve the aims of this study the researchers used a questionnaire that consisted of (30) items distributed among (78) male and female teachers of geography.

The results showed that the most important obstacles facing geography teachers are: limited number of training sessions for the geography teachers on reading and understanding maps, most of the maps in the school are out of date and unclear.

Furthermore, training sessions held by the Ministry of Education usually concentrate on the theoretical side.

There is nothing in the teaching syllabus of geography courses that deals with how to acquire the reading skill and understanding maps in addition to the shortage in the teachers' guide that explains the process of acquiring the mentioned skill.

The results also showed no significant differences due to the major, experience or geography teachers attending training sessions.

The results also showed a correlation between the teachers' and students' acquisition of this skill.