FIELD PRACTICE AS A TOOL OF DEVELOPING STUDENTS' RESEARCH SKILLS (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF SCIENTIFIC INTERNSHIP IN SOFIA)

Abstract

The article is devoted to Studies discusses the experience of implementing educational practice (fieldwork) in teaching of bachelors of Education of the Akhmet Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University (Kazakhstan) and bachelors of Ecology and bachelors of Landscape Design of the University of Forestry, Sofia (Bulgaria). Pedagogical approaches, concepts of research skills, research competencies in the papers of Kazakhstani and foreign authors are considered. One of the modules of the educational process that develops students' research skills is educational practice (fieldwork). The content of the educational practice (fieldwork) is compiled as a system of educational and field tasks: to master the methods and techniques of research; to master the methodology of conducting research in field and laboratory conditions; to apply basic methods for the study and study of natural objects (observation, description, chemical experiment); to master the skills to present the results of research work. The article materials show the geography of the practice bases of the two universities, methodological recommendations of educational practice (fieldwork). The authors analyzed results of an online survey of students using the Google Forms platform, in which 119 respondents participated to determine their research skills and competencies.