摘要：This study outlines a GIS-based project conducted in a public high school in Istanbul, Turkeywith the support of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)in 2010. Fifteen 9th and 10th grade students worked as a group to determine how livable theirdistrict was for disabled pedestrians. The project lasted for one and a half years and studentsinvestigated the 251 kilometers of sidewalks in the district of Sisli. The students mapped allthe objects that occupied the sidewalks, measured the widths and heights of the sidewalks atmore than three thousand points, and located all the ramps constructed at each end of thesidewalks for those who use wheelchairs. At the end of the project, the students produced amap showing where disabled pedestrians can travel on sidewalks by themselves in the district.The project revealed that GIS is an important learning and teaching tool for schools and animportant platform to bring school and other institutions together to solve social problems
关键词：GIS; GIS-based projects; Project Based Learning; Geography education; Secondary education
