Determination of secondary education geography teacher' and students' achievement level of geography education's general objectives

03. Summary It is thought that general objectives of secondary education's geography lectures are not realized in required level. For this reson, It is aimed to determine the realization level of secondary education geography teachers and stundents to the geography education's general objectives. In this research both qualitative and quantitative research models are used. Survey is used as research method, and questionarie and interview are used as research technique. The research comprises entire secondary education society of Trabzon in 2003-2004 education year. In order to realize this, a questionarie is applied to 29 teachers and 363 students in the schools of Trabzon and its districts. In additon, serni-staictured inquirie is applied to 10 of the teachers by discussing face to face individually. In the light of the results of the questionarie applied to the teachers and students; it is determined that secondary education geography teachers think they achieved to the general objectives of geography education and the students think that they did not acquire the ability of benefit from and interpret graphics, table, diagram and drawing plan, sketch and map which are the psychomotor objectives of the general objectives. It is determined from the findings of teacher interviews mat, geography lecture hours is not enough especially in 9. class, OSS should be modified according to the curriculum and student's reading habit should be developed. At the end of me research, some recommendations are presented to achieve the general objectives of geography education in higher level. Keywords: Secondary Education, Geography Education, Curriculum, General Objectives, Level of Achievement DC