ABSTRACT

Fieldwork is a signature pedagogy in geography with widely understood and diverse benefits. Yet relatively little research exists on how to prepare pre-service geography teachers to become effective fieldwork practitioners and educators. This study developed and examined the pedagogical benefits of a fieldwork education module aimed at promoting student teachers’ fieldwork pedagogical and content knowledge (FPACK) by equipping them to design their own enquiry-based geographical fieldwork tasks. Twenty-one South Korean student teachers participated in this research, in which they completed the module, a pre- and post-test FPACK test developed for the study, and a reflective journal. Participants’ scores on the FPACK test instrument showed a statistically significant increase, and thematic content analysis of the reflective journals confirmed these findings. The results indicate that the FPACK development module helped to cultivate pre-service teachers’ expertise in understanding and designing enquiry-based fieldwork. This article represents an initial attempt to define FPACK and demonstrate the pedagogical effects of the fieldwork education module in pre-service teacher education.

摘要

实地考察是地理学的标志性教学法，具有广泛理解和多样化的好处。然而，关于如何培养职前地理教师成为有效的实地考察实践者和教育者的研究相对较少。本研究开发并检验了田野调查教育模块的教学效益，该模块旨在通过让学生教师设计自己的基于调查的地理实地调查任务来促进学生教师的实地调查教学和内容知识 (FPACK)。21 名韩国学生教师参与了这项研究，他们完成了模块、为该研究开发的测试前和测试后 FPACK 测试以及反思性期刊。参与者在 FPACK 测试仪器上的分数显示出统计学上显着的提高，反思性期刊的主题内容分析证实了这些发现。结果表明，FPACK 开发模块有助于培养职前教师在理解和设计基于探究的实地工作方面的专业知识。本文代表了定义 FPACK 并展示实地工作教育模块在职前教师教育中的教学效果的初步尝试。