Meeting of the Scientific Club “Innovative Technologies for Teaching Geography”

19.5.2025

On May 16, the Department of Chemistry, Geography and Earth Sciences held a meeting of the scientific club  “Innovative Technologies for Teaching Geography”.

The graduate of the Master’s degree in 2025 majoring in “Secondary Education (Geography)” Natalia SAVISKO presented a report on the topic “Use of case technologies in teaching geography (using the example of the course “Ukraine and the World Economy”, grade 9)”. The speaker noted that case technology (English – case study) is one of the modern and effective teaching technologies. The essence of this technology is the study and analysis of specific real or close to real situations that arise in certain areas of activity. These situations, or cases, describe a specific problem that needs to be solved. The speaker emphasized that the use of case technology in the educational process contributes to the development of analytical, critical, creative and imaginative thinking of students, helping them to apply the knowledge gained in practice.

Ms. Natalia presented an author’s case on the topic “Amber Treasures: How Do They Affect Ukraine?”.

After the report, the participants actively participated in the discussion. It was expressed that the use of case technologies in geography lessons has not only advantages, but also disadvantages, namely: the duration of case studies, students’ lack of time for discussion, significant time spent by teachers on preparing a high-quality case, the almost complete absence of ready-made cases that reflect specific geographical problems or situations, the difficulty of objectively assessing the participation of each student in group work on a case, etc.

The participants of the circle expressed a common opinion that case technologies are a powerful tool that can significantly increase the effectiveness of geography teaching. However, it is important for teachers to consider not only the advantages, but also the disadvantages of case technology in order to effectively implement and balance the case study with other approaches to teaching.

Department of Chemistry, Geography and Earth Sciences