The influence of effective methods of specialized biology teaching in order to increase interest in the subject

Abstract

The article explores the advantages of specialized biology education. Currently, specialized education is one of the most important approaches in education, contributing to the formation of students' professional competence and influencing the correct choice of future specialization. The demand for qualified specialists in the field of biology is high nowadays. However, teaching students with established, unchanging methods creates barriers to the adequate development of professional competencies. Therefore, analyzing existing methods of specialized education, evaluating effectiveness, expanding accessibility, or improving the quality of specialized education to develop the potential of biology education can only be achieved through the use of effective teaching methods aimed at expanding the knowledge and skills of learners in this field. The study dedicated to this research topic examines how specialized biology education for high school students in Kazakhstan is implemented in practice. The effectiveness of specialized education is assessed, and the research results are analyzed. The study involved students from the 10th grade of the girls' boarding school "Bilim-Innovation" in Shymkent. Discovering students' interest in the biology subject through surveys, 44.4% of the students found it 'very interesting,' 29.6% - 'teachable,' 7.4% - 'difficult to answer,' and 11.1% - 'not interesting at all.' This determined the necessity for choice. Thus, differentiated assignments corresponding to each student's level allowed achieving effective results. As a result of the research, the academic performance of the 10th-grade students participating in the study increased from 78.4% to 82.6% in the second quarter to the third quarter. This is an example of various new teaching methods for students with intellectual challenges or low interest in the biology subject; STEM, SMART, CLIL became possible only through differentiated use of tasks and teaching methods at different levels or by using methods such as organizing life-related laboratory work, defending posters on the topic by dividing into groups.