Formation of high-level thinking in updating the content of geography in schools

Abstract

Relevance. The relevance of the research of the article is due to the problem of updating the content of education on the subject of geography at the school stage of obtaining knowledge in Kazakhstan. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to develop a model for the formation of thinking skills at a high level within the framework of studying the subject of geography in schools. Methodology. The method for studying this problem is a method for diagnosing motivation on the development of G. I. Shchukina "Diagnostics of the level of cognitive activity of students", which allows assessing the degree of active cognitive interest at the level of motivation and cognitive thinking with the presence of an effective and practical component. Results. The article presents the parameters that contribute to the development of active cognitive and thinking interest among schoolchildren and a model for the formation of thinking at a high intellectual level within the educational process of studying geography, which includes a whole model of studying at the global level for cognition of life with recognition of its associative and general parameters and territorial features of the plant and animal world within the population of countries based on motivational-value, cognitive-communicative and cultural-aesthetic criteria. Conclusions. The model of geography cognition at the global level promotes the development of a deep and high level of mental activity with an understanding and awareness of the whole picture of life on earth, with its identical manifestations, and features related to climate, terrain with a more detailed study of individual geographical areas, which makes it possible to understand and realize the general principles of life support, human life and the surrounding world, and forms active cognition bearing practical significance for the entire education system and the well-being of society.