Regional Geography of the Southeast Asia for the Needs of Geography Students

Regionalna geografija Azije je sestavni del učne snovi geografije v osnovni in srednji šoli. Njen pomen in položaj pa se spremenita na ravni visokošolskega študija, kjer so njene vsebine na oddelkih za geografijo različno zastopane. V magistrskem delu smo želeli predstaviti strukturo učnih načrtov za predmet geografija Azije na slovenskih in izbranih tujih univerzah. Naša raziskava je temeljila na primerjavi učnih načrtov z vidika vsebin, kompetenc in obsega. Ob tem so nas zanimala tudi pričakovanja študentov o prihodnosti regionalne geografije Azije. V ta namen smo izdelali anketni vprašalnik, s katerim smo slovenske študente geografije povprašali, kakšno geografijo Azije si želijo, katere vsebine se jim zdijo pomembne, kako ocenjujejo obstoječa gradiva in kakšna gradiva si želijo v prihodnosti. Predhodno smo si želeli ustvariti mnenje o gradivih, ki so trenutno na voljo študentom, zato smo analizirali obstoječa slovenska in angleška gradiva, ki obravnavajo Jugovzhodno Azijo. Gradiva smo izbrali po predhodno postavljenih kriterijih in jih analizirali z vidika potreb študentov geografije in z vidika zastopanosti regionalnogeografskih pristopov. V zaključnem delu naloge smo najdena gradiva združili v E-priročnik in jih predstavili v obliki zgoščenke. Ta zgoščenka je namenjena predvsem študentom geografije, saj vsebuje na enem mestu zbrana gradiva o Jugovzhodni Aziji, ki jih bodo lahko uporabili v nadaljevanju svoje poklicne poti.The regional geography of Asia is a part of geography curriculum in primary and secondary schools in Slovenia. However, its importance and position changes at the university level where the contents are variously represented in departments for geography. The thesis will represent the structure of curricula for the course Geography of Asia at the Slovenian and selected foreign universities. Our research was based on the comparison of curricula from the point of view of contents, competences and their scope. We were interested in the expectations of students regarding the future of the regional geography of Asia. For this purpose, we formed a survey questionnaire to ask the Slovene geography students what kind of geography of Asia would they like to study, which contents they think are important, how would they evaluate the currently available study materials and what kind of material would they want in the future. We wanted to form an opinion in advance about the materials currently available to the students. Therefore, we analyzed the existing Slovene and English materials discussing Southeast Asia. We chose the materials according to previously set criteria and analyzed them from the point of view of the needs of geography students and representation of approaches in the regional geography. In the final part of the thesis, the selected materials were used to create an E-manual and presented in the form of a CD. The CD was created mostly for geography students since it has all the materials about Southeast Asia collected in one place, and they will be able to use them when they continue their careers as geography teachers