Open AccessGEOGRAPHY AND IDENTITY: AN ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHY CURRICULA IN TURKEY
Author(s) -
Zafer Kuş,
Hilal Mert
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
romanian review of geographical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2285-939X
DOI - 10.23741/rrge220214
Subject(s) - identity (music) , curriculum , sociology , national identity , social studies , citizenship , identity formation , social identity approach , homeland , social identity theory , social science , geography , pedagogy , gender studies , political science , social group , self concept , law , physics , politics , acoustics
Although there are differences in identity construction depending on countries and periods, some courses have come to the fore in the education system in each per i od. In Turkey, the education system in general, and history, geography, citizenship and social studies courses, in particular, have instrumental importance in the construction of identity. When the literature is examined, it can be observed that there are many studies on history, social studies and citizenship lessons for identity construction. However, there is a limited number of studies on identity construction for the geography curricula. The main purpose of this research was to examine the secondary education geography curricula in Turkey in terms of identity and citizenship construction. The study was planned and carried out as a qualitative case study. Case studies often describe the exploration of a bounded system. In this research, the sample was limited to the 2005 and 2018 geography course curricula, and a detailed description was made by using “content analysis” based on the research purpose. As a result of the research, it was determined in both curricula that the national identity theme had the most expressions, and national identity was aimed to be built by presenting details about the geography of the homeland. In addition to national identity, it was determined that there were also contents related to social identity, ecological identity, universal identity, and a limited number of digital identity and religious identity themes.