ABSTRACT

With the use of maps in different areas, a wide range of users exist who vary in their purposes and needs, according to their education level, age, cognitive level, and so on. Maps used by students in basic education need to be carefully designed and cartographers have important duties and responsibilities in designing maps according to the cognitive development levels of child users. An atlas design and production project entitled 'Atlas of Turkey for Elementary School' was carried out by the authors for the first stage of education. The aim of the study is to determine the contribution of the atlas to learning, reading and using maps. Thus, a questionnaire was applied to 494 students including 73 3rd grade (8–9 years) and 421 4th grade (9–10 years) students in four different schools. The results indicate that the use of the atlas increased the students' learning ability by an average of 40%.

摘要

随着地图在不同地区的使用，存在着广泛的用户，他们的目的和需求根据他们的教育水平、年龄、认知水平等而有所不同。学生在基础教育中使用的地图需要精心设计，而制图师在根据儿童用户的认知发展水平设计地图方面有着重要的职责和责任。作者为第一阶段的教育开展了题为“土耳其小学地图集”的地图集设计和制作项目。该研究的目的是确定地图集对学习、阅读和使用地图的贡献。因此，对 494 名学生进行了问卷调查，其中包括 73 名三年级（8-9 岁）和 421 名四年级（9-10 岁）学生，分别来自四所不同的学校。