Synergetic approach in formation of students’ modern natural science worldview

Abstract

Introduction. The relevance of the research is accounted for by the fact of emergence of a problem of search for optimal and efficient approaches in respect of the process of formation of students’ holistic and systemic worldview of the modern natural science. A question of using the synergetic approach as a means of comprehension of the world as an integral and evolving set of self-organising processes is raised. Research goal: to develop a model for the formation of modern natural-science worldview based on the synergetic approach and to test its efficiency in the course of study of the discipline “Modern natural science concepts”. Materials and methods. The research participants included 60 second-year students majoring in “Pedagogical education” (bachelor degree course). The mathematical and statistical processing of the empirical data was carried out using Student’s t-test. Results. The realisation of the process of students’ modern natural-science worldview formation was based on the synergetic approach in accordance with the main provisions of the developed model. The mathematical and statistical processing of the research results was made with regard for the level of formation of the modern natural science worldview in the students of experimental and control group, for each substantive component proposed in the model. The comparison of empirically obtained Student’s t-tests with the critical value tcr=2.0 for the given number of examinees, at the level of statistical significance p≤0.05, allows one to conclude that there exist certain statistically significant differences in the average extent of mature formation of modern natural science worldview for all indicators: presence of motivation for studying natural sciences (t=4.62); knowledge of natural science terms (t=6.17), etc. The analysis of the obtained data makes it possible to confirm reliable efficiency of the used model of modern natural science worldview formation. Conclusion. The realisation of the process under consideration in accordance with the main provisions of the developed model makes it possible to enhance the extent of learners’ perception of the modern natural science worldview. The application of the developed model to related disciplines can be explored in further research.