Professionally oriented tasks for learning and using mapping technology with ArcGIS tools

Abstract

The article substantiates the expediency of using professionally oriented tasks for learning the technology of the mapping process using ArcGIS, taking into account the peculiarities of the training specialists of natural sciences. Socio-economic mapping by means of ArcGIS is an important step for creating management systems to support decision-making by future geographers and others. The main aspects of the introduction of professionally oriented tasks into the educational process of pedagogical institutions of higher education have been clari ed. Educational and methodological guidelines for studying and using the technology of mapping with ArcGIS tools have been developed for students and future geographers who expect to perform professionally oriented tasks in the development of maps. For the practical preparation and development of a series of maps that provide visual information for an objective analysis of Ukraine's indicators, we used information from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the Main Statistical O ces of Ukrainian regions. A series of maps, created by di erent methods and connected by one topic, was prepared and developed, among them the creation of a cartogram of the population of the regions of Ukraine using the method of quantitative background. An experimental veri cation of the e ectiveness of the use of professionally oriented tasks for the study and use of mapping technology by means of ArcGIS by future teachers- geographers proved an increase in the level of development according to the speci ed criteria: motivational, cognitive and personal-re ective with the corresponding indicators. The mapping approaches presented in this paper based on the implementation of professionally oriented tasks allow students to apply the acquired knowledge and skills and give them the opportunity to exibly adapt to situations arising in the future professional activity of a geographer.