Formation of Educational and Research Skills by Means of Laboratory Work in Subject Training of Students

The article states the necessity of formation of educational and research skills of senior pupils from the position of their preliminary preparation for implementation of actual research activity. In this regard, the concept of the named category of skills is formulated, their totality is defined in the composition of four groups – organizational, procedural, informational and communicative. The materials of experimental work are presented, reflecting the stage-by-stage formation of educational and research skills during 10-11 grades in the process of subject-biological preparation by means of laboratory work. At the first – preliminary stage, the students actualize and in a generalized form present the material on biology as a science, the importance of application of the corresponding scientific tools for penetration into the essence of living systems and regularities of their existence. At the second – main stage, the students are given the opportunity to perform a set of laboratory works in the direction of studying various objects of living nature and their components – subjects selected for their direct study with the use of the corresponding scientific apparatus. At the third and final stage, the results of the experimental work are summarized and its effectiveness is determined from the standpoint of students’ mastery of educational and research skills by means of laboratory work. Questioning of respondents allows us to state a positive result of the implemented stages. The purpose of the article. Study of educational and research skills by means of laboratory work in the subject training of students. Research methodology. The methodological basis of the work performed is the activity-based approach, which serves as the basis for expressing the author’s version of the concept of “educational and research activity” in relation to wildlife, in accordance with which the composition of educational and research skills for their formation by means of laboratory work in subject-biological training is specified. Research methods. The following methods were used: study and analysis of published sources on the topic of the article, deductive basis for expressing the obtained materials and generalization in the figures. Conclusion. The presented materials allow us to formulate general judgments regarding the formation of educational and research skills in the subject-biological training of students by means of laboratory work.