USE OF MODERN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING THE NATURAL SCIENCES
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KAZAKHSTAN)
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Appears in:
INTED2014 Proceedings
Publication year: 2014
Pages: 4240-4244
ISBN: 978-84-616-8412-0
ISSN: 2340-1079
Conference name: 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 10-12 March, 2014
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
According to the Message of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A. Nazarbayev to the people of Kazakhstan "Social and economic modernization – the main vector of development of Kazakhstan" it is specified that "during modernization of the educational system it is important … to introduce modern techniques and technologies into educational process".
The concept of educational technology is directed on achievement of educational result, according to the pedagogical principles and interrelation of the purpose – content– methods.
It is possible to define the following directions within the lecturer's activities and the educational process itself: creation and improvement of conditions for effective educational activity; study and approbation of modern educational technologies; development and approbation of author's educational technologies; introduction and distribution of effective educational technologies; development and use of an evaluation system for the assessment of efficiency of applied educational technologies.
In subsequent paper, examples of application of modern educational technologies in the course of teaching of some natural science disciplines at two faculties of al-Farabi Kazakh National University, and also possibility of approbation of the gained theoretical knowledge in practice at scientific-research institutes, public and state enterprises during corresponding research practices and writing of theseses will be reviewed.