Group teaching methods play an important role in developing collaboration andproblem-solving ability in competency-based education. The study of the current status ofusing the group teaching method in Geography in high schools has many practical meaningsand helps to improve the teaching quality in general and Geography teaching quality inparticular. The article carried out a survey with in-depth interviews combined withdistributing questionnaires to 20 Geography teachers at 15 high schools and 600 students at5 high schools in Thanh Hoa province. The results show that: 1. Teaching in groups is thetop choice for innovative teaching methods in Geography but is not used regularly in lessonsto form knowledge and skills.; 2. A number of high school students are quite interested ingroup work and aware of the role and meaning of group activities; 3. The use of the groupteaching method in Geography teaching still has limitations and has not been highly effective.This result can be used to propose solutions to improve teaching quality and renovateteaching methods to meet the requirements of the 2018 General Education Program.