Features of teaching natural disciplines in institutions of general secondary education in Ukraine

Roman Banak

doi:10.59400/fes2121

Features of teaching natural disciplines in institutions of general secondary education in Ukraine

Roman Banak
Lyceum “Dominanta”, Dnipro District, Kyiv 02192, Ukraine; r.d.banak@gmail.com

Social Organization “Science Friendly”, Kyiv 02192, Ukraine

Article ID: 2121

Keywords: educational process, educational mobile application, natural sciences, training, digital educational technologies

Abstract

The article highlights a theoretical study based on educational experience and modern challenges of teaching natural sciences in the context of secondary education reform. Natural sciences play a major role in shaping students’ worldviews and their understanding of the modern scientific picture of the world. Modern education in Ukraine is in a difficult period of transformation, which requires the development of innovative teaching methods and techniques. Traditional approaches to lesson construction, which still prevail in the training of future teachers of natural sciences, do not always provide a sufficient level of subject competence for both future teachers and students. Analyzing the literature and surveying teachers, we see the need to introduce a specialized information educational environment—an educational mobile application. The results of observations and analysis of the literature showed that the effectiveness of using a mobile application contributes to better and more effective achievement of educational goals and ensures better integration of information and communication technologies into the educational process. This use of modern technologies can create conditions for a harmonious combination of traditional teaching methods with modern digital educational resources.

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2025-11-16

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Banak, R. (2025). Features of teaching natural disciplines in institutions of general secondary education in Ukraine. Forum for Education Studies, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.59400/fes2121

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