The Importance of Geographical Education and Training at Universities and Methodological Background for Teaching Work

U članku se analizira značenje obrazovanja budućih nastavnika geografije i to na primjeru Odjela za geografiju Sveučilišta u Zadru. U središnjem dijelu rada obrađene su ankete provedene na Odjelu, među studentima svih studijskih grupa, a odnose se na izbor studija, stavove studenata prema budućem poslu, posebice prema nastavničkom pozivu, te na ocjenu pripremljenosti za nastavnički posao. Drugi dio ankete, provedene među studentima završne godine, imao je svrhu utvrditi stavove o nastavničkom pozivu poslije odslušanih kolegija pedagoške grupe predmeta te poslije radnog boravka (hospitacija) u školi. Treći se dio odnosi na istraživanje provedeno među mentorima u školama – vježbaonicama, koji su procjenjivali važnost pojedinih kolegija za buduće nastavničko zvanje te ocijenili rad studenata u školi.This article treats the importance of education of the future geography teachers at the Department of Geography, University of Zadar. The main part deals with the students of the same division (all years) and refers to the choice of studies; attitudes of students towards their future job (teacher\u27s job particulary) and how much they are content with the readyness for school. The second part of the survey (done with the final year students) deals with their attitudes about teacher\u27s job after they have gone through the pedagogical group of subjects and student trainee period. The third one refers to the research carried out among the mentors who estimated the importance of some courses for the teacher\u27s job and evaluated the students\u27 work at school