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Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, vol.2015, pp.462-468, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
© The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.Geography and history are complementary and interdependent subject areas. Geographical factors are indispensible for illuminating and understanding historical facts and historical factors are crucial for comprehending geographical facts in the strict sense. This interrelatedness might be beneficial to build crosscurricular lines for interdisciplinary instruction as one of the key concepts of effective teaching. But in practice they are usually taught in isolation. In this situation perception of teachers is a significant factor. The aim of this study is to elicit the knowledge and perceptions of prospective history and geography teachers who are on the threshold of the profession about the integration of these two subject areas. For this purpose opinions of 40 senior prospective history and 36 senior prospective geography teachers were taken. Open ended questions were asked them in data collection tool. Answers were analyzed according to descriptive analysis technique. As a result majority of the prospective teachers similarly described the concept as interactive instruction between disciplines, took a bright view and found this integration useful. Despite majority of them perceived themselves as efficient in integrating two disciplines, the rate of negative opinions in this regard was quite a lot. According to these results some suggestions were given.