| Summary: | This paper starts from the analysis of needs of specialty training for Geography teachers when confronted
with the scientific evolution of the field and considering the challenges imposed by an ever changing
educational system. Within this framework, the Faculty of Geography at “Babeş-Bolyai” University,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, as a supplier of teacher training courses, organized a training course in the field of
Geomatics. We analyzed the necessity and usefulness of this type of training course considering the number
of teachers interested in this training course and an evaluation form of the course. Additionally, we
evaluated the way in which the competences obtained during the formation program in Geomatics were put into
practice on two separate components: an increase in the degree of attractiveness in Geography lessons and
the improvement of students’ school performance. The efficiency of the training program was evaluated by
comparing the knowledge taught during a reference lesson in which the teaching was carried out in two
different ways. The following step was to apply a unique test to two different student groups with a similar
level of knowledge, which revealed that the best results belonged to the students in the group in which the
methods and techniques used to deliver the teaching were the ones acquired during the training course. By
validating the initial hypothesis, we reached the conclusion that it was necessary to introduce these
GIS-TIC contents in the educational context for preuniversity education.
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