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e. the application of knowledge and skills in practice, the ability to have rich spatial
awareness, the development of pupils’ informative interest.
The activities of pupils can be:
- individual;
- pair;
- group.
One of the important moments of extracurricular is the participation of pupils in
school fairs and annual school conference of the natural sciences which is a try-out
for city competitions and conferences.
The program is for children of 6-7 and consists of 68 hours. It is conducted
twice a week and is a year- long.
Program’s aims and objectives:
1. Broadening and deepening pupils’ knowledge on Geography.
2. The development of pupils’ interest, curiosity and creativity towards the
subject.
3. The development of practical skills for working with a variety of geographical
maps.
4. The formation of abilities to get knowledge independently using different
geographic sources.
The main teaching goals of the course:
- satisfaction of individual educational needs of extracurricular’ members;
- development of pupils’ interest in the study of Geography;
- pupils’ enrichment in Geography;
- education of community spirit and responsibility through the game and
competition;
- pupils’ training to self-education in the field of Geography and allied sciences.
The aims of “Interesting Geography” extracurricular
The additional education at school aims at the achievement of the following
goals:
•
development of knowledge about the basic geographical terms, geographical
features
of nature, population and economy of different areas; their homeland -
Kazakhstan in all its diversity and integrity, the environment and ways of its
protection and rational use;
•
mastering the skills in getting geographical bearings; the use of one of the
"languages" of international communication – geographical maps, statistical
materials, modern geoinformational
technologies for search, interpretations and
demonstrations of different geographical data; the use of geographical knowledge to
explain and evaluate various phenomena and processes;
When organizing the extracurricular on Geography at school, it is necessary to
pay a special attention to the importance of general education subject. The study of
Geography forms not only a certain system of subject knowledge and a number of
special geographical skills but also a complex of general learning skills necessary for:
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–cognition and
learning the environment; identifying the cause-effect
relationships;
– comparison of objects, processes and phenomena; modeling and design;
– navigating the terrain, plan, map; Internet resources; statistical materials;
– compliance behavior in the environment; evaluation of one’s activity in terms
of moral and legal regulations, aesthetic values.
The goals and the main ideas of the course:
The tasks are aimed at the realization of the activity, practice-oriented and
learner-centered approaches; the development of intellectual and
practical activities
of pupils; the acquisition of knowledge and skills demanded in daily life allowing to
be familiar with the environment that are significant for the protection of the
environment and their own health, the increased interest in the subjects of natural
cycles and geography in particular;
•
development of cognitive interests, intellectual and creative abilities in the
process of environment’s observation, the solution of geographical problems, the
independent acquisition of new knowledge; to develop the ability of working in a
group;
•
education of curiosity and love for their area, their region, their country,
broadening of pupils’ general outlook, an understanding with other nations;
ecological culture, a positive attitude towards the environment;
•
Formation of the ability and readiness to use geographical knowledge and
skills in their daily lives, protection of the environment and socially responsible
behavior in it; adaptation to living conditions in a particular area; independent
evaluation of the level of environmental safety as a life sphere.
•
to create a picture of pupils’ “wonderful” objects of their country and the
whole world;
The expected results of the training:
Pupils will get knowledge of natural and man-made attractions of the world and
Kazakhstan as a result of training during extracurricular:
- history of their origin,
- their architecture,
- their geography;
Pupils will get practical skills:
- working with the map,
- working with reference, popular scientific literature, Internet resources,
- organizational skills of working in a group.
2) Course content
Learning of a number of general concepts provided by the program of the initial
course on Physical Geography has some difficulties for pupils. These difficulties
have a negative impact on mastering the programmed material and slow down the
development of interest on Geography.
For this reason, the topics of extracurricular on Geography were made up taking
into account the increasing interest in the study of difficult program issues. Aims and
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objectives of extracurricular are achieved by specifying the general concepts which is
carried out through the study of specific geographic features and phenomena.
Forms of work are varied – conversations, competitions, excursions, games,
theoretical lessons. They propose a collective, group and individual
forms of work
with children.
3) Educational course schedule
№
Theme
Kind of activity
Number of hours
Total Theory
Practice
1.
Introductory lesson
Conversations
1
1
0
2.
Earth-the planet of
Solar system
Conversations
9
3
6
3.
Area orientation
Excursions, practical
lessons
6
2
4
4.
Map - Geography
language
Practical and design
classes, movies
10
3
7
5.
Life of the earth's
crust
Theoretical lessons,
movies, work with a
map, projects
12
3
9
6.
Global ocean
Conversations, movie
lessons, design
6
2
4
7.
Continental water
Excursions, work with a
map, practical manual,
quizzes, projects
6
2
4
Earth's atmosphere.
Practical and design
lessons, solution of
geographical problems
6
2
4
Nature of one’s area
with meteorological
elements
Excursions
10
4
6
Total
66
Additional time-2 hours.
Theme 1. Introduction.
- getting to know an extracurricular, planning.
-talking on safety.
Theme 2. Earth- the planet of Solar system.
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Universe.
-Solar system.
-
Earth's neighboring planets.
