WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Print ISSN: 1790-5079, E-ISSN: 2224-3496
Volume 14, 2018
Analysis of the Previous Knowledge of Geography of the Students of the Degree in Primary of the University of La Rioja (Spain)
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Abstract: The learning of Geography is complex, even in the university environment and, when it comes to its specific didactic, the students lack the necessary prior knowledge for their correct learning and transmission. To develop the present study, we based on the responses of the 107 students surveyed in the 3rd year of the Degree in Primary Education who study at the University of La Rioja. The objective is to know what knowledge they remember about Geography in its stage of formation previous to the studies of university degree, since these students will be the future teachers who impart in the schools the knowledge of Geography acquired in their formation as teachers. It is alarming to verify after the analysis of the results that among the university students the learning of the geographical space continues constituting a goal without reaching, even at a regional scale. For this reason, there is a need to reinforce the training of future teachers by focusing on innovation and the use of more effective methodologies that prevail, especially practice.
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Pages: 400-407
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-5079 / 2224-3496, Volume 14, 2018, Art. #42