РОЗВИТОК БІОЛОГІЧНОЇ ОСВІТИ У ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОМУ РЕГІОНІ УКРАЇНИ

Abstract

The article discusses the issues related to the creation, reorganization, functioning and development prospects of the Department of Natural Sciences and their teaching methods of the Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University. Special attention is paid to the activities of the scientific and educational environment, which develops and popularizes biological education in the Kirovohrad Region and outside its boundaries, implements scientific, educational, methodical, educational and organizational work, and trains highly qualified teaching staff. The stages of the foundation, reproduction of the Department of Natural Sciences and Geography and its unification with the Department of Physics and Mathematics, which resulted in a new powerful Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technologies, were analyzed. A list of talented managers, scientists, teachers, teaching and support staff, students and graduates is given. The participation of scientists of the department in conferences of various levels, seminars, webinars, round tables, and internships is revealed. The scientific and journalistic activity of the members of the department is highlighted separately. The career guidance activity of the department, participation in improving the qualifications of teaching staff of the Kirovohrad Region is shown. Attention is paid to scientific, educational and methodical work with students, pupils of educational institutions of general secondary education. Effective research that corresponds to modern development vectors of biological and pedagogical science is highlighted. The cooperation of the department with Ukrainian and foreign scientific and educational institutions is shown, scientific consulting of institutions, enterprises, organizations is given. The activities of the department’s teachers were revealed on television at the regional and all-Ukrainian levels. The prospects of the department's activity in the context of changing the status of a pedagogical university to a classical, multidisciplinary higher educational institution are shown. Key words: history of education, Biology, Natural Sciences, department, university, teachers, scientists, students, graduates.