The Effects of Fieldwork Practices on Students’ Self-Efficacy Perceptions in Geography Education

Ali Balci () and Fikret Tuna ()

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2014, vol. 4, issue 3, 361-373

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to reveal the impacts of field studies on university students’ self- efficacy perceptions in geography education. For this purpose, the data were collected from geography and geography education students of two different universities located in Istanbul. The students have attended field trips (Western Anatolia and Central Anatolia) in their universities. The pretest-posttest experimental research model was used in the implementation. The impacts of field studies on students’ self-efficacy perceptions were determined using assessment survey, which had been prepared by taking opinions of some experts. Some descriptive statistics, “Mann-Whitney U” tests and regression analysis were used in the analysis of the results with the help of SPSS®. The study revealed that the students’ self- efficacy perceptions have increased in all areas determined in the study between the rates of 26% and 48% after attending field studies. The findings of the study were discussed and some suggestions were given in the study.

Keywords: Constructivist learning; geography education; fieldwork; real life experience; self-efficacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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