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Öz

This study aimed at testing the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) at primary and secondary schools with the 6th and 9th grade students and understanding the attitudes of students towards GPS. The study was conducted in two primary and two secondary schools in Istanbul together with 98 students. In the study, a GPS activity was developed in two stages. In the first stage, the students were asked to locate the five chocolates hidden in their school yard by using the given coordinates with a GPS. In the second stage, the students determined the locations of different objects such as trees and waste baskets in and around their school yards with GPS and displayed their findings on GIS. A survey was conducted on students to receive their feedbacks about the exercise after its implementation. As seen in the study, the students were very interested in the GPS technologies and the overall exercise was found very entertaining, successful and useful by the majority of the students. As the study revealed, spatial technologies like GPS is a very important tool to make especially social science and geography lessons more student centered and activity based.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• GPS, social science, geography, primary education, secondary education, GIS

OKULLARDA KÜRESEL KONUMLANDIRMA SİSTEMİNDEN (GPS) YARARLANMA: 6 ve 9. SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİ İLE BİR DENEME

Öz

Bu çalışma, küresel konumlandırma sisteminin (GPS) ilk ve ortaöğretimde kullanımının 6 ve 9. sınıf öğrencileri ile birlikte test edilmesi ve öğrencilerin GPS’ye karşı olan tutumlarının belirlenmesi amacını taşımaktadır. Çalışma İstanbul’da ikisi ilköğretim, ikisi de ortaöğretim olmak üzere dört farklı okulda 98 öğrenci ile birlikte yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada iki aşamadan oluşan bir GPS uygulaması geliştirilmiştir. Uygulamanın ilk aşamasında öğrencilerden okul bahçesinde farklı yerlere gizlenen beş çikolatayı kendilerine verilen koordinatları GPS yardımı ile tespit ederek bulmaları istenmiştir. Uygulamanın ikinci aşamasında ise öğrencilerden okul bahçesindeki ve çevresindeki çeşitli nesnelerin konumlarını GPS ile tespit etmeleri ve Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri (CBS) ortamında haritalamaları istenmiştir. Uygulama sonrasında öğrencilerin uygulama hakkındaki fikirlerinin alınması açısından öğrenciler üzerinde bir anket gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada GPS uygulamasının öğrencilerin büyük bir çoğunlu tarafından eğlenceli, faydalı ve başarılı bulunduğu ve öğrencilerin GPS teknolojileri ile yakından ilgilendikleri görülmüştür. Çalışma, özellikle sosyal bilgiler ve coğrafya derslerinin daha öğrenci ve etkinlik merkezli hale getirilebilmesi için GPS gibi mekânsal teknolojilerin ne denli önemli bir araç olduğunu göstermiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• GPS, sosyal bilgiler, coğrafya, ilköğretim, ortaöğretim, CBS

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