LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF SEMINARIES AND WORKSHOPS ON RENOVATING GEOGRAPHY PROGRAMMES AND DEVELOPMENTS
This study aims to analyse the level of responses to the expectations from in-service seminars fort he geography teachers related with the renewed geography curriculum and teaching. The participants of the study cover 72 geography teachers who were involved in The Promotion and Evaluation of Renewed Geography Curriculum Workshop, organized by The Directory of National Education in Mersin in March 2010. The data collection tool is a form consisting of five open-ended questions to be applied to the participants in the mentioned workshop. The qualitative approach was used for data collection and interpretation. As a result, the participants were involved in the workshop event so that they could update what the know and be aware of the developments in the field. Geography systems, the changes in the curriculum, teaching principles and techniques, projects for nature education and Project development efforts were the major expectations. While the participants find the in-service and workshop events satisfactory, they suggest increasing such events with richer content.

Keywords
Geography education, Geography teaching, geography curriculum, Geography workshops, Expectations, Vi