Author: rrge_hcsaba

2025_4

SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND THE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY IN LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ROMANIA

Viorel PARASCHIV

Technological High School of Tourism Economics, Iași, ROMANIA,
Email: paraschiv03@gmail.com

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4065-6290

Cristina-Georgiana VOICU

Titu Maiorescu Secondary School, Iași, ROMANIA,
Email: voicucristina2004@yahoo.fr

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-6551

Gheorghi NICULIȚA

Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University of Chișinău, Faculty of History and Geography, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,
Email: niculita.gheorghe@upsc.md,

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2240-0569

ABSTRACT

 The first part of the article outlines the place of industry in Romania’s official curriculum, starting with early education, continuing through primary education in subjects such as Mathematics and Environmental Exploration, Science, and Geography, and ending with secondary school Geography. The second part of this article suggests learning activities aimed at raising students’ awareness of errors in 8th-grade geography textbooks and developing both transversal skills (researching, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating data, as well as investigating) and geography-specific competencies.

KEYWORDS:

secondary school, learning activities, competencies, territory, industrial branches, scientific research

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Paraschiv, V., Voicu, C.-G., & Niculița, G. (2025). School Textbooks and the Study of Industrial Geography in Lower Secondary Education in Romania. Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 14(1), 41-56. http://doi.org/10.24193/RRGE20254

2025_2

ANALYSIS OF RELIEF ON THE MAP IN PRIMARY EDUCATION

Nicoleta-Ioana BOGDAN

Secondary School in Măguri-Bogdănești, Cluj County, ROMANIA.
Email: nicoletabogdan84@gmail.com

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/

ABSTRACT

 The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of using a worksheet to analyze the relief of a small territory, represented on a thematic map. The study involved 16 fourth-grade students. The activity consisted of three stages: in the first stage, a pre-test was applied; in the second stage, students individually analyzed the relief on a hypsometric map and solved the tasks in a worksheet based on this map; in the third stage, a post-test was applied. The results show that students, after the formative intervention, have a greater volume of knowledge about the relief of the commune in which they live. Analyzing the relief represented on the hypsometric map and solving the tasks in the worksheet by students determined positive effects on the volume of knowledge about the relief.

KEYWORDS:

hypsometric map, worksheet, mountain relief, analytical thinking, simultaneous learning, individual activity

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Bogdan, N.-I. (2025). Analysis of relief on the map in primary education. Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 14(1), 17-28. http://doi.org/10.24193/RRGE20252

2025_3

CONSTRUCTING THE SOCIALIST HOMELAND AND PATRIOTISM WITH GEOGRAPHY

Oana-Ramona ILOVAN

Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Geography, and Territorial Identities and Development Centre, ROMANIA.
Email: oana.ilovan@ubbcluj.ro

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-1808

ABSTRACT

 The Romanian socialism spanned over a long period (1948-1989), transforming and shaping the education system so as to accommodate and promote communist ideology. Drawing on expert advice from several didactics of geography published during socialist Romania, on how to use propaganda information in geography classes, I employed discourse analysis to show that this process of ideologizing education was a conscious endeavour of didactics of geography authors. One of their aims was to enable geography teachers to construct discursively and visually the socialist nation and socialist patriotism during geography classes. Moreover, propaganda, according to the analysed sources, considered Geography of Romania classes as the main means to present socialist achievements to students and further introduce political messages to them.

KEYWORDS:

didactics of geography, geography education, visual imagery, patriotic education, communist ideology and propaganda

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Ilovan, O.-R. (2025). Constructing the Socialist Homeland and Patriotism with Geography. Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 14(1), 29-40. http://doi.org/10.24193/RRGE20253

2025_1

SATISFACTION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OBSERVATION ACTIVITIES

Daniela PAHOME

Secondary School No. 4, Moreni, Dambovita County, ROMANIA.
Email: pahome.daniela@gmail.com

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6770-6864

ABSTRACT

 This interpretive study explores the level of satisfaction of primary school students in relation to an observation activity of environmental components (natural plant materials and their representations in photographs and drawings), conducted in a school setting. The research employed a quantitative approach, applying a quasi-experimental research design. A specific questionnaire, composed of ten items, was developed to evaluate different dimensions of satisfaction with the learning activity. Participants were 153 second-grade students (aged 8-9), equally distributed into three experimental groups. Each student was tasked with observing a coniferous tree (spruce), using different materials: natural plant materials (experimental group A), photographs (experimental group B), and drawings of the plant (experimental group C). Results indicate that the use of natural plant materials generated the highest level of satisfaction, highlighting their attractiveness and clarity, as well as increased personal involvement from the students. Additionally, activities based on photographs and drawings were appreciated, but recorded lower scores and a greater variation in students’ perceptions, suggesting that these types of materials may require additional adaptations to improve clarity and attractiveness. The study underscores the importance of using natural materials in observation activities of environmental components, as these have a significant impact on student engagement and perception of the activity’s usefulness. It also highlights the need to optimize static representations to stimulate students’ interest and understanding in the learning process.

KEYWORDS:

student satisfaction, observational learning, spruce tree, static visuals, elementary education

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Pahome, D. (2025). Satisfaction of Primary School Students in Observation Activities. Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 14(1), 5-16. http://doi.org/10.24193/RRGE20251