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Opoku, Foster – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
Although, a number of studies exists regarding students' experiences of Geography as a school subject, the gender differences in students' geographical knowledge and interests are rarely recognised. Drawing from the cognitive interest theory, and using a qualitative phenomenological design, this study explored the gender differences in the…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Geographic Concepts
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Seidel, Sebastian; Budke, Alexandra – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2019
In this paper, we examine the conceptual understanding and experiences that students in German secondary schools have of boundaries. For our research we conducted qualitative interviews and surveys (interviews n=20; surveys n=21) with children (aged 14-17) born both in Germany and with refugee backgrounds. We asked for the children's conceptual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Refugees