摘要：Teaching methods and techniques based on a constructivist teaching approach within a student-centered learning environmen t have been widely accepted. In parallel to the developments in the approach to education, the secondary education geography curriculum in Turkey was renewed in 2005. The new curriculum was designed on the basis of the constructivist learning approach. This study aimed to investigate students' interest levels in active learning methods and techniques and the usage of these methods and techniques in geo graphy lectures in Turkey. Data were gathered through a survey conducted within seven different provinces of Turkey, with the participation of 873 high school students. The relationships between the demographic characteristics and answers the students gave to the different methods and techniques were analyzed with SPSS. software. The study revealed that students' average level of interest was "neutral" to active learning methods and techniques. The average usage rate of the active learning techniques was "once a semester".
