Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal

This paper discusses the general perception of Malaysian geography teachers and students on the status of geography as a subject matter in secondary education. Issues highlighted pertain to the strengths and weaknesses of school geography, its relevance to daily living and national development. The...

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Main Author:	Katiman Rostam
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2005
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1559/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1559/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1559/1/1.pdf

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spelling	ukm-15592016-12-14T06:29:47Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1559/ Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal Katiman Rostam, This paper discusses the general perception of Malaysian geography teachers and students on the status of geography as a subject matter in secondary education. Issues highlighted pertain to the strengths and weaknesses of school geography, its relevance to daily living and national development. The evaluation is based on a survey conducted in the year 2002 in the district of Hulu Langat, Selangor involving 79 secondary school teachers and 140 secondary school students of diverse background. Results of the study show that (1) Both teachers and students agree that geography is a relatively difficult subject matter; (2) Both teachers and students concur that geographical knowledge is intimately related to national development; (3) Although the majority of teachers do not distinguish geography from other school subjects, the majority of students regard it as more difficult than other subjects; and (4) While teachers agree to the idea that the geography syllabus need to be revised in order to make it more attractive to students, the latter are not willing to take up geography, thus signifying their indifferent attitude toward the subject matter Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1559/1/1.pdf Katiman Rostam, (2005) Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 1 (1). pp. 66-75. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia
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description	This paper discusses the general perception of Malaysian geography teachers and students on the status of geography as a subject matter in secondary education. Issues highlighted pertain to the strengths and weaknesses of school geography, its relevance to daily living and national development. The evaluation is based on a survey conducted in the year 2002 in the district of Hulu Langat, Selangor involving 79 secondary school teachers and 140 secondary school students of diverse background. Results of the study show that (1) Both teachers and students agree that geography is a relatively difficult subject matter; (2) Both teachers and students concur that geographical knowledge is intimately related to national development; (3) Although the majority of teachers do not distinguish geography from other school subjects, the majority of students regard it as more difficult than other subjects; and (4) While teachers agree to the idea that the geography syllabus need to be revised in order to make it more attractive to students, the latter are not willing to take up geography, thus signifying their indifferent attitude toward the subject matter
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title	Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal
title_short	Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal
title_full	Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal
title_fullStr	Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal
title_full_unstemmed	Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal
title_sort	tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah malaysia: satu tinjauan awal
publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate	2005
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1559/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1559/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1559/1/1.pdf
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Tanggapan guru dan pelajar terhadap status pendidikan geografi di sekolah-sekolah menengah Malaysia: Satu tinjauan awal

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