COGNITIVE MAPS OF EUROPE: GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF TURKISH GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2012
Yazarlar: İlkay SÜDAŞ, Cemil Gokten
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2012, cilt 3, ss 41-56
Özet
This paper aims at determining the level of basic geographical knowledge and perspectives of Turkish geography students about Europe, through cognitive maps. Research was conducted on a sample of 72 geography undergraduate students from the first and the fourth levels in order to reflect the effect of geographical education on mapping and their level of knowledge of Europe. Results indicate that Turkey’s appearance on the cognitive maps is important as it provides us with clues about participants’ thoughts about Turkey’s belonging to Europe and geographical education. For some participants the idea of Europe is formed only within the physical borders and for other participants the idea is linked relatively to economic development and the political context.