ДИДАКТИЧНІ МОЖЛИВОСТІ ЕВРИСТИЧНОГО НАВЧАННЯ БІОЛОГІЇ УЧНІВ ПРОФІЛЬНИХ КЛАСІВ

The article discusses and analyzes the conceptual apparatus, features and concepts of heuristic learning. The ways of implementing heuristic learning at biology lessons in specialized classes, the goals, the content, the methods, the forms, the tools and its educational possibilities are outlined. It is noted that the efficiency of heuristic learning depends on the integration of all components in the educational process and ensures the students’ specialized competence, the development of creative abilities, skills of productive activity and reflexive skills. The problem of formation of readiness of the senior pupils to the choice of profession is very important in modern conditions. The need for formation of professionally significant qualities of the students of specialized classes is caused by the rapid development of biological science, intellectualization of labor integration of Ukrainian education into the international educational space. The realization of the goals of biological science is possible through the use of heuristic learning, based on the main principle of heuristics – search, discovery, create a new one. Productivity of heuristic learning is provided by: the students’ motivation for productive activity; active involvement of the students in creative activity; the interrelatedness of the forms, methods, techniques, tools with the didactic principles of developmental education; use of heuristic methods, the system of heuristic tasks while studying biology; heuristic pedagogical support activity; systematic use of heuristic methods, techniques, forms that are organically combined with the traditional heuristic and mainstreaming situations. The didactic possibilities of heuristic learning are to improve the efficiency of study, the formation of the cognitive motives, the strong system of knowledge, the students’ specialized competence, the students’ creative activity in the study of biology, providing independent creative obtaining, transformation and use of knowledge, the development of creative thinking, skills of productive activities, reflective skills and creative abilities. The prospect of further studies is to improve the theoretical and methodological foundations of the heuristic teaching of biology in specialized classes.