Psychological and pedagogical conditions of formation of geographical concepts of pupils of secondary schools

The system of geographical concepts forms the foundation of geographical education in the school. The concept, as a logical category, is characterized by two interrelated and mutually contradictory parties, content and scope. Geographical concepts of content are divided into physical - geographical; economic- geographical; in volume ‒ on single and general. The process of learning the concepts has a number of features. One of the most important is that concepts cannot be learned only by learning definitions. The effectiveness of mastering the concepts is reflected in two forms: knowledge of the concepts and proper management of them. However, these forms of assimilation can be different in relation to each other. At the heart of any -what the thought process of operating the concepts is. Therefore, all of them should not be formally mastered, but understood in the process of active cognitive activity.