TEACHER STANDARDS AND GEOGRAPHY EDUCATİON İN ENGLAND
İNGİLTERE’DE ÖĞRETMEN STANDARTLARI VE COĞRAFYA EĞİTİMİ

Author : Vedat ŞAHİN
Number of pages : 273-286

Abstract

Teaching geography to younger generations is an important issue in England as it is in many other countries around the world. In this sense, National Curriculum was published in England to take educational affairs to a certain level; and geography courses curricula were shaped according to this program. On the other hand, teacher training was constantly questioned in England to correct the aspects that seem defective. In England, certain basic characteristics that are expected to be possessed by teachers were determined. To this end, geography teachers are requested to possess certain characteristics in professional terms. Through literature review, detailed data were collected initially in the study. Field survey was also conducted in the study, and various secondary schools and universities in England were visited. At the end of the study, it was seen that in order to be a geography teacher in England one has to be granted with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), a “teaching certificate” named Teaching Qualification (TQ) or a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).

Keywords

Geography, Teacher Education, Standards, England

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