Master degree program
Biology

Biology

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Pedagogical Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON 1. To use the obtained knowledge in the field of biology for setting and solving new problems of educational biology;
ON 2. To use modern pedagogical theories, didactic principles of teaching biology.
ON 3. To use innovative and interactive technologies, methods, means and forms of organization of teaching biological disciplines in educational process.
ON 4. To organize the inclusive education of biology for children with health disabilities (HBS).
ON 5. Systematically present programs for planning, organizing and practical implementation of educational activities for certain types of training sessions (laboratory, practical and seminar sessions) in biological disciplines in educational organizations.
ON 6. To manage a team in the field of education, selecting a qualified teaching staff, evaluating the quality indicators of education.
ON 7. To manage the research work of students, formulating the goals and objectives of scientific research, choosing the appropriate methodology, independently analyzing the available information, solving fundamental problems or identifying the new fundamental problems, to equip the classrooms and laboratories with modern equipment.
ON 8. To use the concepts of biological Sciences for the formation of scientific and pedagogical outlook.
ON 9. To apply modern computer technologies (IT) in educational training, in knowledge control, in the collection, storage, processing, analysis and transmission of experimental biological information for subsequent solution of problems in the field of biology, independently mastering new information technologies.
ON 10. To perform the pilot and laboratory biological research at solving specific problems with using modern equipment, being responsible for the quality of work and the scientific reliability of the obtained results.
ON 11. To carry out in practice the integration of sciences, using data from related sciences for themselves professional purposes.
ON 12. To build the professional relationships with colleagues and management board taking into account socio-cultural differences between people in professional activities, with flexible adaptation to non-standard situations that occur and happen at work.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Biology
Speciality Code
7M01504
Faculty
Biology and Biotechnology

disciplines

Digital content in biological education
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to solve the problems of bioactivity based on digital content using information and communication technologies (ICT), the use of electronic resources in the educational process. Results: introduce and apply ICT in the educational process, carry out design, field and laboratory research using modern equipment, computer systems for collecting, storing, processing, analyzing information; DOT-learning technologies; search for information in global networks; PC processing of experimental results.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to acquire and improve competencies by international standards of foreign language education and to communicate in an intercultural, professional, and scientific environment. A master's student must integrate new information, understand the organization of languages, interact in society, and defend his point of view.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: Understanding of modern philosophy as a system of scientific knowledge, including worldview in rational-theoretical comprehension. The discipline includes aspects of the evolution and development of scientific thinking, historical moments, the contribution of scientists and scientific schools to the formation of science, and ethical and social aspects of scientific activity.

Inclusive biological education
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline's purpose is to form ability to provide pedagogical support for socialization and self-determination of children with health disabilities (HD) in process of inclusive education. Results: to demonstrate concepts and skills of inclusive education; methods in inclusive education; to solve diagnostic and correctional developing tasks; to possess educational services to children with HD, to advise parents of children with HD. Discipline considers legal support of inclusive education, GOSO for children with HD; development of individual educational route for children with HD.

Methodology and management of educational process
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to explore, organize, evaluate the educational process using management technologies, develop methods, technologies and teaching methods in the management of the educational process. Results: concepts of modern management in teacher education; skills in organizing research / design work, managing a team, the educational process; office work, thinking in pedagogical management.

Organization and planning of scientific research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is: to form the ability to use theoretical and practical knowledge to set and solve research problems and to control the teaching and research activities of students in the field of biological education. The following issues are considered: educational and research activities.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the course – formation of pedagogical competence, the ability of pedagogical activity in universities on the basis of education theory and management. The course is aimed at getting acquainted with the megatrends of education and the Bologna process, mastering the lecturing, curatorial skills using various strategies and methods.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Formation of knowledge about the fundamental concepts of management psychology for the practical application of the most critical aspects of management in professional interaction. Basic principles of management psychology, personality in management interactions, management of personality behavior, modern ideas, psychology of managing group phenomena, motivation, and practical reflection.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Concepts of biological education
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of discipline is to form ability to use knowledge of nature laws. Results: to know the sequence of studying biological disciplines in secondary general education, secondary vocational and higher educational institutions, the legislative base; variety of methods in study of biology including computer technology; to develop professional orientation of thinking and competence of future teacher. Discipline considers structural levels of living matter, organization, origin, life diversity, common principles of its organization etc. in educational process of biology.

Interdisciplinary aspects of biology teaching
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form a holistic understanding of knowledge system, to use and take into account the interdisciplinary links of biology with other sciences. Master student is able: to conduct research with the identification of an interdisciplinary aspect; to analyze the relationship of methodological, educational, psychological aspects in teaching biology; to solve interdisciplinary problems; to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge into biology education, to evaluate and interpret it.

Methods of teaching biology for there renewed program
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form a holistic systemic understanding of the new standards and curricula in teaching biology. Use approaches in teaching biology according to the updated program, create an effective grading system for the updated program. Results: know the content of the new standards and curricula in biology in high school; know the totality of subjects included in the state obligatory standard of secondary education for compulsory study; use the principles of criteria-based assessment, formative and summative assessment.

Modern educational technologies in biology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goals of the discipline is to form the ability to apply and practically test the methodology of a biology lesson using educational technologies to ensure the initiative and independence of students, the development of their creative abilities in teaching biology. Master student is able: to analyze, demonstrate and apply analyze modern educational technologies used in the process of teaching biology in accordance with goals of educational process; apply the methodology of designing for educational technologies.

Modern problems of theoretical and practical biology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of discipline: to form an understanding of theories underlying in base of living matter knowledge and Life, to reflect the relevant practical biology. Results: to systematize the applicability of laws of theoretical biology to living systems; to argue a holistic vision of biological phenomena and processes, their physical and chemical foundations; to justify the inevitability of evolution that allows to formulate tasks and to form a research plan; to persuade, to argue and draw conclusions, be able to prepare an independent work.

Selected chapters of biology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline's purpose-to form ability to use fundamental biological knowledge from different chapters of biology for setting and solving new practical problems, self-development and use of creative potential. Results: modern scientific information of chapters of biology, use chapters knowledgey to form World scientific picture, formulate the goals /objectives of independent scientific research with appropriate methodology. Discipline considers modern achievements, problems, directions of development in biochapters, theoretical/practical fundamental biological knowledge.

The material base of teaching biology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to organize the material base: a biology room/cabinet, educational and experimental site, a corner of wildlife, necessary forcognitive interest in biology. Results: organize a biology classroom, school ecological-and-biological complex; biomuseum, school-based educational and experimental site; intensify a cognitive activity of students by observation, description, identification, classification, cultivation of biological objects, educational-and- research work; to equip the biology classroom with modern audiovisual teaching aids.

The use of a virtual laboratory in biological education
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the skills of conducting experiments, knowledge of instruments, to more deeply and fully assimilate theoretical material when using virtual laboratories in teaching biology. Results: demonstrate deep knowledge in the field of information and communication technologies; implement and apply virtual lab technologies, generate new ideas for/after the virtual lab; to find technological solutions when getting acquainted with the virtual laboratory, to carry out virtual scientific research and subsequently real.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: formation of the ability to carry out educational activities in universities, to design the educational process and conduct certain types of training sessions using innovative educational technologies.

Research Practice
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice is to develop the ability to plan and conduct research work. The practice develops academic skills, including the preparation and conduct of research work, both individually and as part of research teams and structural units of scientific institutions. The research practice aims to collect and process large amounts of data (factual material) using modern information and communication technologies to carry out the research work. During the course of research practice students should be competent in: - plan research and development work; - to work with scientific literature independently: to annotate scientific sources, to make abstracts and reviews; - independently conduct scientific research in the field of language system and basic laws of literature development; - use modern information resources to solve research problems; - collect, process, analyze and systematize scientific information; - use innovative methods of domestic and foreign philological schools; - argumentatively present the results of scientific research; - prepare and edit scientific publications: theses, articles. During the course of research practice students will learn following aspects: Theoretical foundations of research work. Modern methods and techniques in philological research. Independent development of scientific and applied projects in the field of linguistics and literary criticism. Rule of formation of educational and methodical literature. Interpretation of the results of scientific research.

Data for 2021-2024 years