APPLICATION OF THE INTEGRATED STEAM METHOD IN PRACTICAL CLASSES ON VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

Abstract

STEAM education is an integrative pedagogical technology aimed at the formation of key
competencies of the 21st century, which is based on problem-based, project-based, research-based
and practice-oriented teaching methods. Methods aimed at forming a holistic picture of the world
for students, adapting to changing conditions in order to prepare them for solving possible tasks
of various scales. The results of the study showed that the use of STEM technologies in biology
lessons had a positive effect on the academic performance of the participants in the experiment.
In addition, the use of STEM has been shown to increase students' motivation to study and
understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of their learning. The use of the method
also makes it possible to establish strong links between school, society, work and the whole world,
which contributes to the development of STEM literacy and competitiveness in the global economy.