The Effect of The Plant Geography Objectives in The Geography Curriculum on Recognizing Plants Based on Student Views

• Main Author: Ziya İNCE
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kastamonu University 2019-09-01
• Series: Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi
• Subjects: Bitki coğrafyası; coğrafya eğitimi; coğrafya öğretim programı; doğal çevre
• Online Access: https://kefdergi.kastamonu.edu.tr/index.php/Kefdergi/article/view/3486
• ISSN: 1300-8811; 2147-9844

Plants are one of the most important elements that ensures the continuity of life on Earth. However, as a result of humanity recklessly using the natural environment and especially plants, some components of this natural resource have been destroyed and some are facing the danger of extinction. This is why recognizing plant, which is one part of the natural environment, and better studying it increases its value in the eyes of people. People are provided with the primary and most important information on this issue in their middle school and high school geography courses. From this perspective, objectives for plant in the geography curriculum and the perception that these creates in the minds of students constitute a very important place. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of becoming familiar with the plant component of plant geography objectives in geography curriculum using phenomenological techniques based on the views of the students. After a review of the literature regarding the topic of plant geography is done and expert opinions are received, a semi-structured interview form was prepared with the goal of obtaining the students’ levels of knowledge on the topic of plant geography. Secondary education students constitute the population of the study, while Anadolu High School students in the Bağcılar district of the Istanbul province constitute the sampling. Forty students participated in the research. This study shows us geography classes produce positive results in the thoughts of students on the topic of plant. The personal efforts and wishes of geography teachers have an important share in this positive development. When studying the data obtained in the study, it was concluded that the secondary education students’ objectives and textbooks in the geography curriculum were important in recognizing the plants. The students also reported that this subject needed to be valued more in both geography classes and other classes in order to become familiar with more plants in the environment.