Understanding of Developing and Setting Tasks in Geography Lessons by German and Dutch Student Teachers

• Published in: Education sciences Vol. 11; no. 63; pp. 1 - 20
• Main Authors: Krause, Uwe, Budke, Alexandra, Maier, Veit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2021
• Subjects: Competency Based Education; Deutsch; Didaktik; exchange; Foreign Countries; Geographieunterricht; Geography; geography education; Geography Instruction; Graduate Students; Individualized Instruction; Instructional Materials; international comparison; International Educational Exchange; Learner Engagement; Learning; Learning Processes; Lehrerbildung; Lesson Observation Criteria; Niederländisch; observation; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Secondary Education; Student Motivation; Student Needs; Student Teachers; Student Teaching; Task Analysis; tasks; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Textbooks; Thinking Skills; Undergraduate Students; Unterricht; Netherlands; Germany

Setting tasks plays a key role in geography lessons, as they enable students to engage with the subject content, guide lessons towards predefined learning outcomes, and are therefore important for assessment. At the same time, the use of tasks is complex as numerous aspects regarding the content and...