Characteristics of modern methods of teaching biology

The article outlines the characteristics of modern methods of teaching biology. The methods of teaching are grouped based on the most significant general features: the source of knowledge, didactic purpose, the nature of cognitive activity of students in the process of learning. Attention is paid to the description of the most used teaching methods, namely: verbal (conversation, explanation, narration), visual (observation, use of multimedia), practical (experiment). The article also describes the modern methods of teaching as methods and techniques of the common, orderly, interrelated and purposeful activity of the teacher and students, who perform the following functions in the pedagogical process: educational, developmental, educational, inductive and control, which ensures positive educational activity. It is determined that for a deep analysis and effective use of methods of teaching biology, a binary classification of them is used which takes into account the source of knowledge and the degree of cognitive independence of schoolchildren. The structural element of each method of teaching is a methodical method that specifies the way to achieve a separate (intermediate) educational task and diversifies certain methods. It is revealed that in the process of studying the school's course in biology, teaching methods are constantly evolving, complicated and used in interactions and interactions, and their choice is determined by: the specifics of the content and objectives of the classroom; the degree of the formation of skills and skills and the development of student autonomy; the educational material base of the school, that is, the provision of schoolchildren with teaching aids, visual aids, the presence of modern technology, etc., which leads to the positive education of students and helps the teacher in teaching