e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(4):46-60

IMPLEMENTATION OF GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INTO GEOGRAPHY TEACHING AT BASIC SCHOOLS

Kateřina Mrázková, Milan Kubiatko
Kateřina Mrázková, Katedra geografie, Pedagogická fakulta MU, Poříčí 7, 603 00 Brno;, email: mrazkova@mail.muni.cz
Milan Kubiatko, Centrum pedagogického výzkumu, Pedagogická fakulta MU, Poříčí 31, 603 00 Brno;, email: mkubiatko@gmail.com

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are developing in present days. They influence every part of the human society. Geoinformation technologies as part of information and communication technologies are implemented especially into geography teaching. The contribution presents results of the first research that is focused on using of geoinformation technologies in geography teaching at basic schools and lower grades of gymnaziums in the South Moravian Region. The research was dealing with questions whether there are any differences in using geotechnologies between women and men teachers and between novice and expert teachers. A i12-item questionnaire, which was made by the authors, was used within the research. As well as men teachers as women teachers, all of them use geoinformation technologies equally. The same results have been found between novice and expert teachers.

Keywords: Geography teaching, geoinformation technologies, information and communication technologies, questionnaire method

Published: August 1, 2009  Show citation

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Mrázková, K., & Kubiatko, M. (2009). IMPLEMENTATION OF GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INTO GEOGRAPHY TEACHING AT BASIC SCHOOLS. e-Pedagogium, 9(4), 46-60
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