Journals / MARMARA COĞRAFYA DERGİSİ / 2007 / Sayı: 15

Integration of Geographic Information Systems into Geographic Education at Higher Education Institutions: A Road Map for Successful Applications

Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemlerinin Yüksek Öğretim Coğrafya Eğitimi ile Entegrasyonu: Başarılı Uygulamalar İçin Bir Yol Haritası

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205–226
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Although GIS has been used for educational purposes in some developed countries like the US, England, and Canada over the last two decades, its overall use in geography departments in Turkey is far below the satisfactory level.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has now become an inseparable part of geography departments in many countries because it is a very important tool to make spatial analysis in academic studies, it provides students with many apportunities to find a better job and better academic career conditions, and it is a source of money for departments and universities.
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Key Findings & Data:However, lack of proper examples in the country showing how to entegrate GIS into the current geographic education in terms of aim, methods, and applications has also been responsible for that.
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Conclusion & Impact:Although GIS has been used for educational purposes in some developed countries like the US, England, and Canada over the last two decades, its overall use in geography departments in Turkey is far below the satisfactory level.
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has now become an inseparable part of geography departments in many countries because it is a very important tool to make spatial analysis in academic studies, it provides students with many apportunities to find a better job and better academic career conditions, and it is a source of money for departments and universities. Although GIS has been used for educational purposes in some developed countries like the US, England, and Canada over the last two decades, its overall use in geography departments in Turkey is far below the satisfactory level. There is no doubt that lack of resources and trained academic stuff are the main reasons behind this situation. However, lack of proper examples in the country showing how to entegrate GIS into the current geographic education in terms of aim, methods, and applications has also been responsible for that. The aim of this study is to investigate how GIS has been integrated into geographic education at higher education institutions abroad. Five geography departments which GIS has been successfully integrated into their geography programs in the US have been investigated in terms of their curriculum, GIS courses and infrastructure. The study reveals that the integration of GIS into the geography programs at five departments has been made by considering the benefits of students, academic stuff, departments, and universities.

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Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri (CBS) akademik araştırmalarda mekânın çok yönlü incelenmesine imkan vermesi, öğrencilere mezuniyet sonrasında iş ve kariyer sağlamada büyük fırsatlar sunması, bölüm ve üniversitelere proje yolu ile maddi kaynak sağlaması gibi avantajları sebebiyle günümüzde pek çok ülkede coğrafya bölümlerinin ayrılmaz bir parçası haline gelmiştir. ABD, İngiltere ve Kanada gibi bazı gelişmiş ülkelerde 20 yılı aşkın bir süredir eğitim amaçlı olarak da kullanılan CBS’nin Türkiye’de coğrafya bölümlerinde kullanılması günümüzde istenilen seviyenin çok altındadır. Maddi imkansızlıklar ve yetişmiş eleman azlığının bu durumun ortaya çıkmasında etkili olduğu şüphesizdir. Ancak CBS ile coğrafya eğitiminin entegrasyonunun amaç, metot ve uygulamalar açısından ne şekilde yapılacağı konusunda ülkede yeterli sayıda örneğin olmamasının da bu durum üzerinde etkili olduğu görülmektedir. Bu çalışma CBS’nin yüksek öğretim coğrafya eğitimi ile yurtdışında nasıl entegre edildiğinin araştırılmasını amaçlamıştır. Bu açıdan ABD’de CBS’yi eğitim ve araştırma amaçlı olarak programlarına başarı ile adapte etmiş bulunan 5 coğrafya bölümü coğrafya programları, CBS dersleri ve altyapıları itibari ile incelenmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda incelenen coğrafya bölümlerinde CBS’nin bölüm programları ile entegrasyonunun öğrenci, öğretim elemanı, bölüm ve üniversitenin çok yönlü menfaatleri dikkate alınarak yapıldığı görülmüştür.

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DEMİRCİ, A. (2007). Integration of Geographic Information Systems into Geographic Education at Higher Education Institutions: A Road Map for Successful Applications. MARMARA COĞRAFYA DERGİSİ, Sayı: 15, 205–226. https://ajindex.com/articles/284611

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