Ogtay Kamil Alkhasov

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE FORMATION OF SPATIAL-TEMPORAL THINKING IN TEACHING GEOGRAPHY

Abstract. The formation of geographical concepts is an important stage in organizing Students activities. Attention should be paid to the development of the concepts of space and time, which occupy a leading place in the content of the subject, across different grade levels. The stages of teaching these concepts and the levels of their acquisition are explained to support the development of geographical thinking. The article examines the process of concept formation from the general to the individual.

Keywords: logical thinking, geographical space, reproductive level, creative level, heuristic level, map legend, cognitive activity.