Development of natural science literacy in the classroom

Natural sciences play a crucial role in acquiring various knowledge about the world and its global development. The teacher’s goal in a modern school is to instill and foster natural science literacy and an interest in science among the majority of schoolchildren, enabling them to work towards results.

Natural science literacy of schoolchildren is the ability to apply the acquired knowledge in physics, chemistry, biology, geography classes to comprehend the world around them and find answers to various problems they may encounter in their lives and everyday activities. The school strives to graduate individuals who are scientifically literate, possessing the following competencies:

• analyzing and explaining various phenomena from a scientific point of view;
• applying methods of natural scientific research, proposing scientific solutions to these problems;
• interpreting and commenting on the results, relying on scientific evidence;
• drawing and justifying well-founded conclusions.

Örken East Kazakhstan Regional Scientific and Methodological Center for Informatization and Education Development of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region, jointly with Karlygash K. Burunbetova, a senior manager of the Ust-Kamenogorsk branch of Teaching Excellence Center, held an interactive lesson on the topic: “Content and structure of tasks to develop natural science literacy.”

The study of subjects of the natural science cycle aims to ensure the formation of an understanding of the scientific picture of the world, the development of research activities in interaction with living and non-living objects of nature, the acquisition of knowledge and skills in the field of nature conservation and environmental management.