Developing undergraduate students' geography learning skills during fieldwork and their attitude toward it
Other Title(s)
تطوير مهارات تعلم الجغرافيا لدى طلاب البكالوريوس من خلال العمل الحقلي و اتجاهاتهم نحوه
Author
Source
Journal of Educational and psychological Researches
Issue
Vol. 16, Issue 62 (30 Sep. 2019), pp.36-57, 22 p.
Publisher
Baghdad University Centre for Educational and Psychological Researches
Publication Date
2019-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
22
Main Subjects
History and Geography
Educational Sciences
Topics
- Universities
- Higher education
- Teaching methods
- Students
- Training
- Bachelors degrees
- Geography
- Saudi Arabia
- Twenty-first century
- Skills
- Umm al-Qura University
Abstract EN
This study identified the developing of a range of students' geography learning skills and the change in their attitudes toward fieldwork as a consequence of leaning experiences that occurred within a field trip.
The sample of the study consisted of (27) students within a special topic course enrolled in Geography Department at Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi Arabia in semester 2, 2018.
A range of students' geography learning skills were measured by the skills questionnaire that consisted of 12 geography skills after completing field work.
Changes in students' attitudes towards fieldwork was measured through a modified version of Boyle et al.'s (2007) attitudes instrument at the beginning and at the end of the field trip.
Interviews were used to enhance the studies' instruments as a data gathering technique.
The findings of the study showed that students developed the all geography learning skills, where more than 95% of students felt that they developed their basic problem solving, sampling, measuring & recording, survey methods, information gathering, data analysis, safety and communication & transferable skills.
While 92% of students developed observation and integration skill, 90% developed identification skills, 89% developed experimental design skill, and finally, 76% developed interpretation skill.
The students increased their enjoyment (t=12.77, p<0.001) as a consequence of doing fieldwork.
A similar result was produced for collaboration (t=14.44, p<0.001) over the field trip.
The students' responses of interviews questions supported quantitative results
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Umayri, Fahd Bin Ali. 2019. Developing undergraduate students' geography learning skills during fieldwork and their attitude toward it. Journal of Educational and psychological Researches،Vol. 16, no. 62, pp.36-57.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899712
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Umayri, Fahd Bin Ali. Developing undergraduate students' geography learning skills during fieldwork and their attitude toward it. Journal of Educational and psychological Researches Vol. 16, no. 62 (2019), pp.36-57.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899712
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Umayri, Fahd Bin Ali. Developing undergraduate students' geography learning skills during fieldwork and their attitude toward it. Journal of Educational and psychological Researches. 2019. Vol. 16, no. 62, pp.36-57.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899712
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 54-57
Record ID
BIM-899712