Secondary school students in the Balearics don't know where Formentera is
A reflection of the low relevance of geography in school education
The research involved students in the third year of secondary education. | J.B.G.
Palma05/03/2025 08:13
Researchers from the University of Salamanca and the University of the Balearic Islands have conducted a study of secondary school students' knowledge of Spanish geography involving 275 students from eight schools in the Balearics.
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Les ChaseYes Les, I blame the adults. I have heard that cows actually congregate in herds .As for going into the countryside, inner city children don't do that. It is where English people live.
Sadly, a few years ago I herd that some english school children did not know where milk came from, from inner cities. They thought it came from a plastic bottle and not from a cow. This was until the children finally went out in to the countryside and actually saw cows grazing in fields. Also possibly ask English school children where Cornwall or Land's End is, or even the Isle of Wight is and one may get similar results in England.
AmbergrilloThere? Seems like you had a “crappy” teacher!
The Balearics are well known for there crappy teachers.
As has been said a lot of the teacher´s don't know where the School is !
Quite worrying particularly if they are from Formentera. Then again there’s British kids that don’t know what their legs are for , or what a trash can is. Youuffs eh.
Might help if the teachers stopped skipping off work on a regular basis .