Challenges and Prospects of Geography Teaching at Secondary Level: A Case Study on Rangpur District

Abstract

The present research was an attempt to study the challenges and prospects of Geography teaching at the secondary level of education in Bangladesh and to suggest some ways out. Though the study was based on the status and challenges of Geography teaching in Bangladesh, in the course of the study the researcher has tried to identify needs for teaching Geography in schools as well as needs for Geography teachers for professional development. Mixed method was used to conduct the study. This study employed questionnaire survey, face-to-face interview, document analysis, and observations to collect data. Sample size was 240 (Students: 200, Geography teachers: 20, Head teachers: 20). Random sampling procedure was used to select the respondents from students of class nine and ten. All the Geography teachers, head teachers were selected from each study schools.