Competența de elaborare a unui demers investigativ la disciplina geografie din perspectiva educației intelectuale

Abstract

The article highlights two dimensions of approaching intellectual education in the process of developing investigative competence in the Geography Discipline in high school. The elements that build the cognitive-scientific side of the student's personality are analyzed by capitalizing on the contents of the school curricula and also, teaching activities are recommended that make it more efficient to achieve the cognitive objectives of an informative and formative nature. Located at the intersection of Earth Sciences and Social Sciences, Geography is meant to contribute through school skills in solving the global problems of mankind. The future active and proactive, autonomous and responsible citizen must have a spatial geographical thinking structured on scientific principles. Investigative learning and the specific teaching methods applied in the teaching and learning process in the Geographical Disciplines of the high school cycle, allow to achieve the educational intellectual quality considered as a balance between scientific knowledge - as a strong core of the discipline and the development of scientific abilities, skills and attitudes.