Since the use of mobile GIS-applications in the formation of tourist and local lore competencies of students affects the knowledge and professional competence of future teachers, it is very important to first determine the attitude of teachers and professors to the use of mobile GIS-applications and assess the level of use of mobile applications by students. Therefore, this article provides for the possibility of using mobile GIS applications in the organization of tourist and local lore activities of students of the educational program "Geography". The effectiveness of organizing tourist and local lore events using mobile GIS applications was determined by conducting interviews and questionnaires. The survey consisted of two parts, and a total of 72 students took part in it voluntarily. In the course of the study, we studied the formation of tourist and local lore competencies from mobile GIS applications as a result of the study: 1) "Road navigation" from mobile GIS applications - 2GIS (79.1%); 2) "For viewing and studying" from mobile applications - ArcGIS QuickCapture (56.9%); 3) Google planet Earth "Virtual globe" (52.8%); 4) based on the mobile applications "Cartography and Navigation", we determined the efficiency of using the GIS4MOBILE-x (41.7%) and 5) the City bus for "GPS monitoring" (100%). In this regard, we are confident that the use of these mobile applications will be effective in organizing tourist and local lore events. The use of these technologies in teaching makes it possible to update educational approaches, introduce new pedagogical technologies and form competencies.

The aim of this study is to determine the important and methodological aspect of examining the population migration patterns of distance education and university students' geography course. 420 university students who continue their education in Kazakhstan participated in the research in the spring term of 2020-2021. Scanning method was used in the research. In the research, a measurement tool called the general opinion measurement tool for the geography lesson, which was developed by the researchers and collected by taking expert opinion in the field of geography, was used. In the research, a 4-week online seminar was organized to increase the views of university students about the geography lesson, and training was given over Microsoft Teams, the interview form was collected with electronic forms after the seminar. The collected data were analyzed using spss program. According to the results of the study, it was concluded that university students' inclination to geography course is higher than male students, university students are familiar with the system for 1-3 years, their inclination to distance education systems is high and population migration patterns are learned well with this system. Keywords: University Student, Distance Education, Geography ,Lesson, Kazakhstan;

At present, one of the urgent problems is the systematization of information on elective courses and the identification of methodological features of its implementation. The article presents the program of the elective course " Cultural geography" for classes of the natural-mathematical direction. In addition, the methodological structure of the course " Cultural geography " has been worked out. The article provides an analytical review of the latest sources on the cultural geagraphy in Russian and English.  Keywords: elective course, geography of culture, program, annual plan, methodological structure.

Use of technology in education enables students to be motivated and eager to participate in the lesson and is also a more effective tool in increasing motivation, encouraging students to the lesson and understanding the sub-ject. The aim of this study is to determine the views of secondary school students on the use of technology in geography lessons. Qualitative re-search method was used in this study. Semi-structured interviews were car-ried out with 32 students who took geography lessons in Kazakhstan dur-ing the 2018-2019 academic year. The semi-structured interview form de-veloped within the scope of this research was used as a data collection tool. Results of the study showed that secondary school students found tech-nology effective and funny to use in geography lessons. Projections, com-puters, tablets and smart phones were specified by the students as useful technological tools for teaching geography. Results of the study were dis-cussed with relevant literature and important implications for further re-search and practices were presented.

The study aims to get the views of teachers about the difficulties encountered in online education in the evaluation of students' knowledge in geography lessons with criterion assessment technology. This research was designed in the qualitative research method and the data were evaluated following the qualitative method. The sample group of the research consisted of 80 geography teachers who teach geography at various high schools in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The researchers developed a semi-structured interview form to consult the opinions of teachers about the difficulties encountered in online education. As a result of the research, Geography teachers found measurement and evaluation opportunities in face-to-face education more advantageous than in online education. In line with the findings obtained from the research, it has emerged that it is necessary to make improvements for the healthy application of criterion evaluation technology in online measurement and evaluation.   Keywords: Assessment; criterion assessment; evaluation; online learning.