Keyword: «biological education»

The article considers the methodology for organizing and conducting excursions in the educational process. The structure of the excursion lesson, their role in the study of zoology in the 7th grade of the basic school is described.

At the present stage of biological education, promising areas are virtual forms of organization of the educational process, since teachers increasingly have the opportunity to implement new technologies in teaching based on the use of the Internet. For example, virtual museums. The article deals with the organization of teaching anthropology using virtual excursions to museums.

The article is devoted to the problem of the formation of professional competencies of students in the study of the discipline «Biology» in the framework of secondary vocational education. The necessity of including professionally oriented practical tasks in order to increase the level of formation of professional competencies of future service sector specialists is substantiated. The relevance of the research lies in substantiating the role and place of professionally oriented practical tasks in the learning cycle of students in the service sector within the discipline of Biology in order to obtain highly qualified and in-demand personnel in the labor market. As a result of the work on the article, an analysis of modern information sources on the research topic was carried out and practical tasks were described for inclusion in the Biology discipline training cycle in order to develop the professional competencies of future service sector employees. A table has been developed that includes practical tasks, their role and place in the discipline's teaching system. The paper reflects the results of a study on the implementation of a methodology for the formation of professional competence of students studying in the field of Tourism and Hospitality in Biology classes. The positive results of the experiment are described, indicating a significant dynamics in the level of professional competence formation and increased motivation among students both to study the subject and their future profession. The author believes that the proposed set of practical tasks can be successfully used in the process of studying the discipline by students in institutions of secondary vocational education in order to increase their motivation to study the discipline and develop professional competencies.