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This study aims to determine preferences of preschool teachers working in our country regarding the theme, methodology and materials in geography classes and to compare them with those of teachers from various countries such as The USA and Austria. For this purpose, sample group of the study comprises 50 preschool teachers from Turkey, 20 from the USA and 20 from Austria, 90 teachers in total. As the data relating to the study is covered by the general survey model they were collected by use of the “Survey on Geography Teaching in Preschool Age”. Closed-end questions were asked to the teachers participated in the study such as what activities they facilitated in their geography lessons, what methods were used and what materiasl are available to be used. In addition, several open-ended questions were asked to determine why they did not prefer certain activities. The results revealed that the most and least preferred “Location and Place” themes in the geography education according to the teachers from Turkey, the USA and Austria are the same, that activities relating to the “Region” theme preferred by them were the same. On the other hand, preferences of the teachers from Austria varied in least-preferred activities. Moreover, it was seen that highly-preferred methods in Turkey, the USA and Austria were common

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