Gender and Grade Level as Factors Influencing Perception of Geography

Abstract

Pupils’ perception of any science subject significantly influences their achievement. Identification of
perception of some subject is essential part of educational research. This study is focused on finding
out differences in the four dimensions of geography perception (1. Geography as a school subject; 2.
Geography and environment; 3 Importance of geography; 4. Relevance of geography lessons to pupils
life) between gender and grade level of lower secondary school pupils. The research tool was
questionnaire with 27 Likert type items; the data were obtained from 540 lower secondary pupils from
Czech Republic. The data were analyzed by the method of descriptive (mean score, standard deviation)
and inductive (analysis of variance) statistics. The gender had got significant influence in the first
dimension and grade level in the fourth dimension. Results are discussed in the conclusion part and
there is information about the possibility of future research.