Open AccessPolystructural Model of Natural Science as a Basis of Integration Processes in Natural Science Education at School
Author(s) -
Andrii Drobin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
osvìta ta pedagogìčnì nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2227-281X
pISSN - 2227-2747
DOI - 10.12958/2227-2747-2020-2(174)-19-34
Subject(s) - natural (archaeology) , normative , natural science , structuring , consistency (knowledge bases) , epistemology , science education , engineering ethics , computer science , mathematics education , political science , engineering , law , mathematics , geography , artificial intelligence , philosophy , archaeology
The article deals with the problem of building and structuring the integrated course «Natural Science» in high school. In particular, the analysis of the current legislative framework governing the field of education in Ukraine has been carried out, the existing normative legal acts that determine the content and structure of the subject «Natural Science», regulate it and set development priorities have been established. It has been discovered that in the modern branch of Natural Science such mutually opposite processes of differentiation and integration of natural sciences occur simultaneously that are also inherent in school Natural Science. In addition, the article has analyzed the main approaches proposed by leading scientists to the construction of integrated courses of Natural Science in school. It has been established that it is natural and appropriate to consider the integrative approach to Natural Science from the standpoint of consistency and polystructurality. The article considers the content of the concept of polystructurality and proposes a polystructural model of Natural Science in school that is built as an interconnected system of partially scientific pictures of the world of individual natural sciences and united around a central core which includes the natural scientific picture of the world and general scientific concepts, principles, laws and theories that are fundamental and methodologically significant. The author proposes the formation of the structure and content of the integrated course on the basis of end-to-end meaningful trajectories which have been defined and listed.