The interdisciplinary approach to the study of speciation methods within the university course «Theory of Evolution»

Abstract

The methodology for evolutionary thought study at universities is an urgent problem, since, unlike school biology, the university version lacks unified methodological approaches that allow the most effective organization of the learning process. This paper discusses the development of a methodology for studying the mechanisms and methods of speciation in the implementation of an interdisciplinary approach. When considering the problem of development of the doctrine of species and speciation, one should be guided by such a category as interdisciplinary. The concept of interdisciplinarity is applicable to the sciences and at the same time applicable to philosophy, in particular, to the philosophy of knowledge. Interdisciplinarity is an epistemological mechanism for substantiating the materialistic approach in studying the methods of speciation and the nature of species. This approach is indispensable in proving the reality of the existence of species in the biosphere. The recognition of species existence reality and supraspecific taxa makes it possible to study the structure of species and methods from education, based on the data of a number of sciences. In connection with the development of the content of the subject-content module in biology as part of the transition to the implementation of the Fundamental Core of Pedagogical Education, university professors should provide fundamental subject training for university graduates based on meaningful study by students of the fundamental laws of science, the hierarchization of knowledge and the inseparability of the educational process and scientific knowledge.