The main features of the application of the “Case study” method in chemistry lessons

Abstract

One of the priorities of the modern education system of the Republic of Kazakhstan in recent years is the formation of functional literacy of students and finding new methods of teaching subjects of the natural and mathematical cycle. Along with traditional teaching approaches, new pedagogical technologies such as collaborative learning, interactive teaching methods, the project method, online learning, and the situational analysis method known as Case-study (case study method) are gaining popularity. The essence of this method is the division of the trainees' educational material into tasks of various types, and information is learned as a result of their active investigation and creative activity in producing answers. In this paper, the main features of the use of the Case-study method are identified and described, which contribute to increasing the activity of students and the effectiveness of the learning process in secondary school, the main advantages and types of the method of concrete situations (Case-study), as well as examples of various chemistry cases for 9th-grade students are developed. The study was limited by a small sample size, but the findings provide valuable information for teacher professional development and the development of current chemistry curricula. The results of the survey of students indicate that the use of the method of specific situations (Case-study) when studying individual topics in chemistry increases the success of the assimilation of educational material by students.