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Developing Geographic Research Ability for High-school Students through Fieldwork: Chinatown Area, Incheon

  • Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers
  • Abbr : JAKG
  • 2019, 8(1), pp.19-32
  • DOI : 10.25202/JAKG.8.1.2
  • Publisher : Association of Korean Geographers
  • Research Area : Social Science > Geography
  • Received : March 28, 2019
  • Accepted : April 16, 2019
  • Published : April 30, 2019

Sun-young Park 1 Kim, Youngho 2

1고려대학교 지리학과
2고려대학교 지리교육과

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ABSTRACT

Geographic research is a study method, which finds and organizes a new knowledge through inquiring subjects and investigating clues rather than simply accepting fixed information. Naturally, geographic research contributes for raising future talents through education. Among geographic research methods, fieldwork is very effective in education because fieldwork enables students’ in depth understanding of study regions through students’ physical experiences and corresponding direct learning process. This study aims to develop students’ geographic research ability by applying fieldwork in Chinatown area in Incheon. The procedure and results of the fieldwork are analyzed. In the fieldwork process, GPS mobile technology was applied. The results present that the fieldwork contributes to develop high school students’ geographic research ability and learning satisfaction rate.

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