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Who is thinking badly about geography? Exploring the self-concepts of student teachers. Prof. Dr. Anke Uhlenwinkel. Survey of university students (1969) 693 students o f different faculties of the universities of Berlin (West), Munich and Hamburg
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Who is thinking badly about geography? Exploring the self-concepts of student teachers Prof. Dr. Anke Uhlenwinkel
Survey ofuniversitystudents (1969) • 693 students • of different facultiesoftheuniversitiesof Berlin (West), Munichand Hamburg • studentswhostudiedgeographywerenot included
How would you judge the following academic disciplines on a scale from 1 (positive) to 3 (negative)?
Who is thinking badly about geography? (Hard, Wenzel, Geographische Rundschau, H. 6, 1979, S. 262-268)
Perception by others What do students who do not study geography associate with the subject?
Self-concept What do students who study geography associate with the subject?
Assumed perception by others What do students who study geography think that those who do not study geography associate with the subject?
Survey of geography students who do not want to become teachers (1996-1999)
Survey of 143 student teachers of JLU (WS 13/14)
Combined results of students of JLU self-concept assumed perception by others
possiblereactions • proofingtheimageofgeographyis not asbadasgeographersthink Survey of „the public“ (1994) 707 representatives from politics, the economy, public administration, churches etc. 266 questionnaires returned (= 37,6%) 71 from politics
School geography sees itself as the key subject for environmental education. What is your view on this?
Assuming school subjects will be totally reorganised: should geography still be among them?
possiblereactions • proofingtheimageofgeographyis not asbadasgeographersthink • improvingthesubject‘simage
possiblereactions • proofingtheimageofgeographyis not asbadasgeographersthink • improvingthesubject‘simage • strengtheningstudentteachers (andteachers)
Main differences between geographers and student teachers of other subjects
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