A TEXTBOOK ON PHYSICS AS A MEANS OF THE FORMATION OF THE PUPILS’ SUBJECT COMPETENCES

Abstract

In the article, the functions of the textbook on Physics in the formation of the subject (physics) competence of the secondary schoolchildren in the system «state standard – educational program – competence-oriented methodology of teaching» are observed. The algorithm of the defi nition of the structure of the secondary schoolchildren’s physics subject competence which is a key factor of the methodological apparatus of a textbook, its functions is suggested. The algorithm of the defi nition of the structure of the secondary schoolchildren’s physics key competence is the following: on the basis of the methodological and the system approaches, the system of the academic awareness of the physics course at the comprehensive school is structured. This system is a matrix that forms the structure of the subject competence which, in its turn, forms the structure of the pupil’s subject competence.
In accordance with the competence-based approach, the requirements comprise the competences and the results which are achieved by the pupils as well as the levels of the competences formation. In this case, a textbook as an integrally organized system of the interrelated academic awareness and competences is an interlink in the chain «education content – teaching process». The renovation of the traditional functions of a textbook is related to the formation of the pupils’ subject and key competences by means of the methodological apparatus of a textbook.