Educational Process in Geography Specifics and Prospects

Abstract

The main problem in contemporary geography didactics is the demand for quality and efficiency of the geography educational process. The topicality of this issue is conditioned by the requirements of Bulgarian society towards geographic cognition and knowledge and improving individual's ability for successful social and professional adaptation and realization. These needs call for changes in geography educational process, mainly aimed at creating conditions for the transformation of geographic information into knowledge, skills, competences and patterns of personality that are relevant to the life and activity of the students. Considering the mentioned facts, the paper reveals the specifics of modern educational process in geography and outlines the perspective for its development.