Misheck Mhishi|Ezra Pedzisai|Edward Mandoga
Geographic Literacy and World Knowledge amongst Open Distance Learning Students in Zimbabwe
order succeed globally competitive world imperative acquire knowledge understanding places cultures outside boarders ones country zimbabwe one highest literacy rates subsaharan africa despite large gaps exist knowledge levels geographic literacy among zimbabwean students survey adapted national geographic roper global geographic literacy survey administered 103 students 11 diploma science education programme bindura university science education buse survey assessed knowledge geography world events well information various factors may influence participants geographic literacy data statistically analyzed using microsoft excel spss 170 research findings revealed participants high levels geographic literacy mean score 82 percent factors found influence scores sex frequency news media access type news accessed students majoring agriculture biology geography option higher mean scores students passed geography level age insignificant influence mean score