THE PECULIARITIES OF APPLICATION OF MODERN METHODS WHEN TEACHING BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY AS MEANS TO DEVELOP POSITIVE MOTIVATION FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURSUITS OF BIOLOGY MAJORS

Abstract

In the course of this research motivation to academic and professional activities among students who major in 091 Biology of Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University has been assessed. The results, obtained upon the completion of diagnostic assessment of various factors of motivation and their significance in students during the second and the third years of study, have been analyzed. The findings demonstrate that the motivation to academic and professional activity in students in the second and the third years of study is similar and quite high. Regardless of the academic year the prevalent factors that motivate students to engage in academic process are professional and communicative, which attests to a positive attitude of the research participants to the selected profession and essentially their strong motivation to studying at the university. The least significant, regardless of the year of study, are the reasons to avoid failure. The mechanisms to increase professional motivation in students when teaching Biological Chemistry by means of application of innovative teaching methods were analyzed. The role of modern teaching methods of Biochemistry as means to acquire integral and professional competencies and positive motivation development to academic process in Biology majors who pursue undergraduate (Bachelor’s) degree has been studied.