Active teaching methods as a component of innovation in geography teaching ; Активные методы обучения как составляющая инновации в преподавании географии ; Активні методи навчання як складова інновації у викладанні географії

Introduction. In times of rapid informatization of society and change of technology, the main task of the modern educational process should be to expanse and deepen intellectual abilities of an individual, to motivate and prepare a person for independent work with information fl ows, to develop critical thinking and creative skills. The usage of active teaching methods helps to achieve such goals. The methods of active teaching and learning have attracted the interest of teachers and other professionals in the fi eld of education. A large number of literary sources demonstrate the benefi ts of an active approach that engages students in the learning process and requires from them action more than observations; provides a deeper and more complete understanding of the subject. The purpose of this article is to analyze the usage of active teaching methods as a component of innovation in the educational process of geography teaching in general educational institutions. The main material. One of the fi rst commonly used and detailed methods of active teaching was the method of business games. Mary Birshtein was the author of the world’s fi rst business game. Active methods of teaching are ways to enhance the educational and cognitive activity of pupils, which encourage them to actively engage into intellectual and practical activity in the process of mastering the subject. Not only the teacher is active, but pupils are active as well.There are such special features of active teaching:– a purposeful activation of schoolchildren’s thinking;– enough time to engage pupils into the learning process, their activity must be sustainable and long-lasting;– an independent creative decision-making process, high degree of motivation and emotionality of schoolchildren;– a constant interaction of subjects of educational activity with the help of direct and feedback links, free exchange of thoughts on the ways of solving some problem.There are different approaches to the classification of active teaching methods. A. Smolkin ...