GEM 7201 METHODOLOGY IN GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION
Course Description:
This course will concentrate on the methods of teaching geography, evaluation procedures;
construction of examinations and tests career and professional development of a geography
teacher, development of teaching materials and the challenges of teaching geography in Ugandan
schools.
Aim of the course:
This course will make Geography education relevant and provide methods of long life learning
and teaching to the teachers.
Learning out comes:
 Students will be exposed to a variety of geography teaching methods
 Students will practice a variety evaluation methods
 Students will develop positive values of long life learning education for sustainable
development and their own professional development
Course Content
 Selecting, organizing and implementing learning experiences
Schemes,
lesson plans instructional objectives, teaching methods
 Evaluation of effectiveness in teaching and learning Measuring values, interests,
attitudes and skills
 Types of measuring instruments essays, objective tests, observations with
checklists
 Teaching practical geography. Fieldwork, map work and photograph
interpretation; statistics
 Creating a geographical environment in the school Geography clubs
 Remote sensing as a source of geography teaching
 Gender in the geography classroom
 The geography teacher; teacher competence, career and professional
development. The role of a teacher in the community. Examinations
Methods of presentation
Lecture, demonstrations, peer teaching, research, field work
Evaluation
Coursework
Examinations
Pass mark
40%
60%(3hr examination)
60%
References
Graves.N.J (1982) New Unesco Source Book for Geography Teaching. Hongkong.
Longman/UNESCO
Periodicals (1) Journal of Geography
(ii)Teaching Geography
Kagoda A.M(1989)Attitudes commonly used in teaching Geography in selected secondary
schools of Uganda. School of Education Makerere University.
Feir and Berger R.(Eds((1986)Teaching Geography for a better world. Sidney The Jacaranda
Tree Press.