Map literacy and spatial cognition challenges for student geography teachers in South Africa

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dc.citation.epage138en_ZA
dc.citation.issue2en_ZA
dc.citation.spage120en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLarangeira, Rhoda
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Clinton David
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-17T07:39:15Z
dc.date.available2019-04-17T07:39:15Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractSouth African geography student teachers should master map skills to teach map work effectively in their future classrooms. Spatial cognition, prior learning of map skills and map interpretation at secondary school-level are highlighted as being important in furthering map literacy, which is required by geography student teachers. A mixed-method research framework investigated the causes of map literacy difficulties experienced by first year geography student teachers. Lecturers who train prospective teachers should be aware of the conceptual and/or skills based difficulties associated with poor map literacy amongst their own students in order to address these problems. This paper outlines problems experienced by first year geography student teachers associated with their own acquisition and understanding of map work. Furthermore, it argues that without deeper comprehensive development of their own map work content knowledge, the geography student teachers’ ability to teach map skills effectively will be adversely affected.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianAC2019en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMap literacy and spatial cognition challenges for student geography teachers in South Africa. Perspectives in Education, 34(2), 120-138.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/26795
dc.journal.titlePerspectives in Educationen_ZA
dc.journal.volume34en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.rightsUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectMap literacy – South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectGeography student teachers – South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectPrior learning of map skills in secondary schools – South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleMap literacy and spatial cognition challenges for student geography teachers in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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