The Efficiency of Modern Teaching Strategies in the Geography Class Pehoiu, Gica and Homeghiu, Aurora-Cătălina

“Valahia” University of Târgovişte, Blvd. Regele Carol I, No. 2, 130024, Târgovişte, Romania “Coresi” General School, Trandafirilor Av., No. 2, 130051, Târgovişte, Romania. Corresponding Author: Pehoiu, Gica _______________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The specialized literature of the last decade, rich in varied teaching strategies, highlights the increasingly important role given to the aspects related to the definition, design and application of educational strategies able to facilitate to a larger extent the optimization of the educational process. A modern conception of the teaching strategy is represented by the focus on the use of active-participative methods accompanied by teaching materials and by means that come to support this approach. Modern teaching strategies promote an active learning, collaboration between the students, and their advantages allow realization of multiple social interactions, development of the cognitive, social, communicational and interpersonal intelligence competencies. In the same time, the types of strategies favour improvement of the quality of education, optimal transfer of knowledge, confrontation of ideas, comparison of the ways of learning, stimulating the taking on of individual responsibilities, students’ autonomy, critical thinking and positive attitude towards learning act. __________________________________________________________________________________________