<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Scientific research and student education aimed at preparing students to practice their profession under the conditions of civilization and technological changes play a special role in geography teaching. It is important to be aware of the impact of key competences which are necessary for every person to function in the modern world and are needed for self-fulfilment, personal development, social integration, flexible adaptation to any changes and which determine the success in adult life. Proper development of such skills contributes to the correct interpretation of natural and socio-economic phenomena and processes. The aim of the article is to present and discuss research work and teaching activities pursued by the Department of Geography Didactics and Ecological Education at the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, aimed at the use by students of various educational concepts and the resulting key competences necessary for their future work. Students also have the opportunity to develop soft competences, such as communication, courage of expression, self-esteem or responsibility for the group, to which employers have paid special attention in recent years. Therefore, comprehensive preparation of the student requires the implementation of specific educational concepts. The most important ones include bilingual education; CLIL, inquiry based science education (IBSE), project method, fieldwork, geographical educational trails, participation, as well as the use of geoinformation technologies, GIS and ICT.</p></abstract>

Scientific research and student education aimed at preparing students to practice their profession under the conditions of civilization and technological changes play a special role in geography teaching. It is important to be aware of the impact of key competences which are necessary for every person to function in the modern world and are needed for self-fulfilment, personal development, social integration, flexible adaptation to any changes and which determine the success in adult life. Proper development of such skills contributes to the correct interpretation of natural and socio-economic phenomena and processes. The aim of the article is to present and discuss research work and teaching activities pursued by the Department of Geography Didactics and Ecological Education at the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, aimed at the use by students of various educational concepts and the resulting key competences necessary for their future work. Students also have the opportunity to develop soft competences, such as communication, courage of expression, self-esteem or responsibility for the group, to which employers have paid special attention in recent years. Therefore, comprehensive preparation of the student requires the implementation of specific educational concepts. The most important ones include bilingual education; CLIL, inquiry based science education (IBSE), project method, fieldwork, geographical educational trails, participation, as well as the use of geoinformation technologies, GIS and ICT.

Challenges in Geography Education – A Review of Research Problems

Department of Geography Didactics and Ecological Education, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Scientific research and student education aimed at preparing students to practice their profession under the conditions of civilization and technological...

Challenges in Geography Education – A Review of Research Problems

Published Online: Mar 29, 2019

Page range: 71 - 84

Received: Jan 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2019-0009

Keywords
didactics of geography, key competences, project method, geographical trails, fieldwork

© 2019 Iwona Piotrowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Challenges in Geography Education – A Review of Research Problems

Published Online: Mar 29, 2019

Page range: 71 - 84

Received: Jan 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2019-0009

Keywordsdidactics of geography, key competences, project method, geographical trails, fieldwork

© 2019 Iwona Piotrowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
didactics of geography, key competences, project method, geographical trails, fieldwork