Formation of the Modern Geography Textbook Content: Integrative Aspects

Abstract

The article outlines the theoretical and methodological principles of the formation of the content of geographical education in institutions of general secondary education with regard to modern integration aspects. Scientific interpretations of the concepts of "content of education" and "content of learning" are considered. The importance of a systematic approach in the process of forming the content of geographic education in general and the construction of a knowledge system about integration in particular is substantiated. Attention is focused on the problem of forming a system of knowledge about the triad nature – population – economy.
Since the circle of problems lies in the plane of multifaceted types of connections in processes, objects, and phenomena, then, of course, in order to reduce these connections to a coherent theoretical picture, it is necessary to apply new approaches, while at the same time modernizing the content of geographical education, thus using the principle of a systematic approach. The systematic approach as a method of scientific knowledge enables the study of objects and processes, determining scientific, economic, social and educational practice.
Integration of educational content remains an important problem of didactics.
The author of the article reveals the meaning of the functions of integration of the natural cycle subjects, substantiates the peculiarities of the implementation of intrasubject connections by means of the school textbook of geography. Since the surrounding natural environment from a scientific point of view is a complex aspect of knowledge, it is advisable to consider it from two positions: in the natural-scientific and ecological-economic planes.