Terminological Classification and Consideration of High School Textbooks on “Geography” and “Earth Science”

Abstract

This study analyzes terminological problems in all high school textbooks on “Geography A,” “Geography B,” “Science and Our Daily Life,” “Basic Earth Science,” and “Advanced Earth Science,” focusing on geomorphological, geological, meteorological, and climatological terms. Many educational terms vary between “Geography” and “Earth Science” and even within “Geography” and “Earth Science.” High school textbooks partially neglect academic information on geoscience in terms of plate tectonics, orogenesis, seismology, slope processes, Quaternary landforms, meteorological circulation, and climatic classification. Future geoscience education should use academically appropriate terms in high school textbooks.