Professional training of future teachers of geography in the process of field practice

Abstract

The article describes the importance of field practice as one of the important components of the training of future geography teachers. Attention is paid to the fact that during the practice of practice, students consolidate the knowledge, skills and abilities obtained in lectures, labs and practical classes, master the new methods of knowledge of natural processes, become acquainted with the problems of rational nature management and outline possible ways of their solution.The relevance of field practice in geography is substantiated during which students – future specialists are preparing for independent geographic research and systematic use of local lore materials in their pedagogical activities.It is noted that the full implementation of competence, activity and personality oriented approaches involves active interaction between students and the teacher (interactive) training, the widespread use of competence-oriented tasks, problem-solving materials, research and research training, student projects. The realization of such tasks in the preparation of future teachers of geography is carried out both theoretically and directly during field practice.It has been determined that field practice in geographic disciplines is an integral and extremely important component of the training of geography teachers. Field practice is considered as a direct continuation of classroom activities and is closely related to them.The main tasks of field practice in geography are the consolidation of theoretical knowledge, practical skills and skills acquired during lecture courses, in laboratory and other types of classroom studies, mastering the methods of field-study studies (collection of actual material, its systematization, synthesis and preparation of scientific reports); expansion of theoretical concepts and practical skills as a basis for the study of the following physical-geographical, economic-geographical and methodological disciplines; development of students of geographic thinking, ability to identify and analyze causal relationships between various natural phenomena and processes, components of nature, natural and economic activity.