Students' Perception of the Pedagogical Approach to Geography Teaching and Learning Through Google Earth Pro

Pascu, Marioara; Duroisin, Natacha

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Students' Perception of the Pedagogical Approach to Geography Teaching and Learning Through Google Earth Pro

Pascu, Marioara; Duroisin, Natacha

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Geography; Google Earth Pro; teaching strategy; teamwork; perception

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Pascu, Marioara ^✱; Université de Mons - UMONS > Ecole de Formation des Enseignants > Service Education et Sciences de l’apprentissage ; Technical College "D.Ghika", Comănes, Romania

Duroisin, Natacha ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Ecole de Formation des Enseignants > Service Education et Sciences de l’apprentissage

^✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.

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English

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Students' Perception of the Pedagogical Approach to Geography Teaching and Learning Through Google Earth Pro

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08 February 2026

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Education Sciences

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2227-7102

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Special Issue 21st Century Science Classrooms: Innovative Approaches to Technology Integration

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268

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R150 - Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Complexes

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Marie Skłodowska Curie Action-H2020–MSCA COFUND

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grant number 101034383

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This paper is an output of the science project COLABTEACH, supported by an Marie Skłodowska Curie Action -H2020 – MSCA COFUND, grant number 101034383.Grateful thanks are given to the reviewers and editors who have helped shape this document to be readable for its audience, to all collaborating teachers who contributed to this research.

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