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In contrast to this, only less than30 per cent of the German childrencould mark their country onthe map. This could be explainedby the missing edge and/or islandlocation. However Switzerland,which was represented only asa small location on the map,without an edge and/or islandlocation and thus expected tobe very difficult to identify, wasregistered correctly by 52 percent of the Swiss children.Regarding the different factorsinfluencing the children, the firstresults suggest that media as well Figure 11. Location of the own country on a world mapas current events, travel activities,migration biography, personal interests and special characteristics of countrieshave an influence on the perceptions of the children. Measuring the significance ofindividual factors was not undertaken in the context of the first results. It offers thebasis of further analyses.References1. ACHILLES F. J. 1979. Das Europabild unserer Schüler – topographisches Wissen heuteund Methoden der Vermittlung. Geographie im Unterricht, 4, pp. 289−306.2. HAUBRICH H. et al. 1997. Didaktik der Geographie konkret. München.3. HÜTTERMANN A., SCHADE U. 1997. Untersuchungen zum Aufbau eines Weltbildesbei Schülern. Geographie und Schule, 105, pp. 22−33.4. KULLEN S. 1986. Wie stellen sich Kinder Europa vor? Untersuchungen kindlicherEuropakarten. Sachunterricht und Mathematik in der Primarstufe, 4, pp. 131−138.5. WIEGAND P. 1998. Understanding the World Map. In: SCOFFHAM, S. (ed.). PrimarySources. Research findings in primary geography, pp. 50−51.211