Theoretical aspects of geographic education in Kazakhstan

2022

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DOI 10.32523/2616-6895-2022-139-2-26-34
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Abstract

In Kazakhstan, geography education in elementary school includes geography education in teacher training, regardless of whether the subject is part of a program devoted to geography or is integrated into another course such as social studies. The curriculum provides teaching skills, cultural understanding, and subject-specific expertise, all of which are valuable in today’s world. A critical component of effective geography instruction is the identification of issues and the development of solutions for those problems. A total of 16 volunteers who worked as professors at eleven different institutions participated in the semi-structured interviews that formed the basis of the subsequent research project. The descriptive analysis methods were used to begin the process of analyzing the content. It has been found that there are problems with geography teaching, and it would be good to think about potential solutions to these difficulties. The most concerning of these issues is that geography instructors are ill-prepared for their positions, and a lack of teacher preparation is detrimental to geography teaching. According to the researchers, they are optimistic that their study will provide light on the current scenario in terms of creating better geographic educators in the near future, on the subject of training more qualified geography instructors in the foreseeable future