The geography class in our school nowadays is dominated by the instructions of the teacher, who teaches the students who have a different ability from each other in a fixed size of classroom using a single study material called a textbook. The class i...
The geography class in our school nowadays is dominated by the instructions of the teacher, who teaches the students who have a different ability from each other in a fixed size of classroom using a single study material called a textbook. The class is mostly composed of the lectures which require the students to simply memorize the information in the textbook. In order to solve these problems, it is necessary to introduce a plan to make the maximum use of the education tools and study materials in the instruction-learning process. However, in the current structure of class where the teacher rotates from one classroom to another every hour, the learning based on sufficient amount of data for the education of the course is almost impossible. Therefore, in order to increase the efficiency of learning and form the individualized learning based on study materials, the teachers must soon acquire their own classroom instead of rotating each classroom to teach their course. However, the schools in Korea do not provide a fixed course room for geography and the consciousness about its necessity is also limited. Therefore, this study examined the necessity of installing a fixed classroom for geography course and the proper direction in the installation.
For the study method, the literature was reviewed and the theories about the classroom and geography course room were examined. Also, the geography teachers, which are a group of professionals, were interviewed and investigated to examine their recognition of the necessity of the course-specific classroom for geography and the installation plan, and the open class was carried out. Also, the students were also investigated in the same way as the instructors, and the results were analyzed.
As a result, from the aspect of study interest, the students can have a self-lead learning in the classroom for geography course.
Also, the geography course room makes it possible to have an integrated understanding with the closely related academic subjects. From the aspect of alternative utilization of the geography course room, the collection, analysis and explorative learning of the study materials are possible through utilization of ICT. Second, by developing a variety of ICT learning study methods, the efficiency of geography education is enhanced.
From the aspect of classroom composition, the instruction research space for the geography teachers is secured, promoting the qualitative improvement of the instruction. Also, the immediate utilization and systematic management of the education tools are possible.
Therefore, the classroom specifically designed for geography course is certainly the direction to pursue in order to improve the geography education. From now on, much more research on the education tools and the effort of the teachers are required to upgrade the efficiency of the geography course classroom.