Developing scientific literacy through systematic use of practice–oriented tasks

In 2025, Kazakhstan will again participate in PISA-2025, with a primary focus on assessing the scientific literacy of 15-year-old schoolchildren.

Örken East Kazakhstan Regional Scientific and Methodological Center for Informatization and Education Development of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region, jointly with T.V. Jezherya, a biology teacher of the NIS of Chemistry and Biology of Ust-Kamenogorsk city, held a workshop on the topic: “Developing scientific literacy through systematic use of practice– oriented tasks”.

The goal of the workshop was to familiarize schoolchildren with the structure of the PISA question tests, and demonstrate how practice–oriented tasks can be integrated into biology classes to enhance schoolchildren’s scientific literacy.

The workshop presented PISA question tests and explored how they can be effectively used in biology teachers’ daily practice.