The article discusses the current requirements for the process of teaching geography,
emphasizing the importance of introducing new educational approaches and technologies. Based on
the universality of the discipline, the authors emphasize the importance of using various teaching
methods, such as research, surveys and project-based learning, to develop students' cognitive
activity and creative thinking. The article also emphasizes the value of involving students in
research work, which allows them to consider geographical problems from the point of view of
scientists and develop skills of analysis and independent thinking. The role of scientific research in
the teaching of geography and its impact on the understanding of nature, society and the interaction
between them is considered in detail. It involves research activities aimed at developing the ability
of students to familiarize themselves with various methods of performing research activities in the
classroom, methods of collecting, processing and analyzing the data obtained, as well as to
summarize the data and formulate the result. Educational and methodological research includes
cognitive activities in which students use methods corresponding to the methods studied in
geography, not limited to acquiring new knowledge and skills, but bringing their own solution to
the creative process. At the same time, they find new questions that are already known, use a wide
range of sources, and use more mature cognitive techniques than software tools.
It follows that the purpose of the research conducted in the article is to demonstrate the analysis
of the effectiveness of research methods performed in the learning process.