ЗАГАЛЬНІ АСПЕКТИ ПІДГОТОВКИ УЧНІВ ДО ГЕОГРАФІЧНИХ ОЛІМПІАД

Abstract

The article focuses on the fact that subject Olympiads occupy take special place in work system to enhance the creative development of students. It is noted that the geography Olympiads make it possible to check not only geographical knowledge and skills, but also the logical thinking of students, their general erudition, creative potential, and their ability to analyze any modern problem containing geographical aspects, which contribute to the formation of a scientific worldview among students. It is emphasized that the Olympiad tests should be interesting. At the same time, their content should be based both on classical scientific concepts and take into account the latest achievements of geographical science. In the article it is proved that the principles of developmental and educational learning, individualization and differentiation of learning, activity and independence of learning should be laid down in the basis of the students training for geographical Olympiads. It has been noted that the main strategies for training participants in geographical competitions should be: acceleration (advancing), deepening, enrichment and problematization of training. Geographical erudition; theoretical training; knowledge of geographic nomenclature; understanding of basic geographic patterns; the ability to explain geographical phenomena and simulate geographical processes, as well as put theoretical knowledge into practice; field skills (orientation on the ground, mapping of the territory, etc.) are the main components of successful training for participants in geographical Olympiads, are established. The main types of tests that occur at the International Geographical Olympiad, geographical Olympiads of regional and all-Ukrainian levels are systematized. It is noted that the tests of the International Geographical Olympiad use photo, video and audio fragments, a large number of maps, as well as illustrations: images of landscapes and geographical objects, people and monuments of architecture, etc., due to which information with higher coefficient of perception is given. It has been determined that the practical tasks of international geographic Olympiads (unlike domestic ones) are organized in the form of real field research on the ground. Key words: geographical Olympiads, teaching principles, learning strategies, tests, theoretical problems, practical tasks, model of support students in the Olympiad movement in geography.