The feasibility of creating a "mobile field of geography" in Farhangian University

Abstract

Currently, geography education is done in the "fixed field of study course " method, the weaknesses of which are the uniformity of the teaching-learning environment and the tendency towards theoretical education. The purpose of this article is the feasibility of creating a new way of teaching geography under the title of "mobile field of study course" that can compensate for these weaknesses and become the brand of Farhangian University. In this study, the country of Iran is divided into 4 regions and it is suggested that undergraduate student-teachers spend each year of their education in one of these regions and conduct both theoretical and field studies in that region. In order to evaluate the feasibility of implementing this practical idea, a qualitative research method was used in the triangulation method. The statistical population includes student-teachers, professors, and managers of 8 girls' and boys' Branch of Farhangian University, who were teaching the geography department during the years 2018-2022. The statistical sample was selected using the non-probability snowball sampling method and the structured interview was continued until the data saturation stage with 18 student-teachers, 15 professors and 9 managers and qualitative analysis was done in the form of MAXQDA2008 software. Re-coding and participants' feedback have also been used to validate the data. Based on the findings of this study, increasing the educational efficiency and social growth of student-teachers is one of the most important opportunities and their family and transportation problems are one of the main obstacles in the way of implementing this plan. It is suggested that in parallel with the implementation of the current method, a course in the proposed method is also held and its results are compared.