Abstract:

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of map to expected gains, by examining map within social study textbooks in terms of cartographic design.                      In developed countries its seen that maps which being used in many themes (from engineering to military, education and training to scientific studies and etc.) took place in life with television programs, computer games, with fun and picture maps prepared for preschool in atlases and books at the beginning of the training process even at an early age. The children of today are society’s future mapmakers and map users.                 An important aim of the geography courses in the primary school curriculum of the Ministry of Education is to gain the ability of reading, analyzing, understanding maps. In order to contribute to the course of the gains and to support social science education, maps must be designed according to the users' level of education and perception. In this study, basic information about the design of general cartographic map design rules and the child is given. Located on the 6th and 7th grade social studies textbook maps were evaluated in this context. Available maps were also examined in terms of aimed acquisitions within the scope of Ministry of Education curriculum. Some maps designed without basic concepts such as scale or legend, some others have incorrect information. Thematic maps are not designed with the convenient methods and techniques and therefore have been shown to cause misunderstandings in the field of education. It can not be said that maps in the field of education, could satisfy gains which determined by the Ministry of Education.

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