Biletska H. A. Criteria, Indicators, and Levels of Natural Science Competence of Prospective Ecologists

Biletska H. A., Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Khmelnytskyi National University.

Abstract
The article identifies and characterizes certain basic criteria of the formation of natural science competence in prospective ecologists. These criteria belong to one of the four spheres: cognition, activity, motivation, and personality. The indicators that characterize criteria are established and justified.
The indicators of cognitive criteria constitute a system of natural science knowledge, its strength and conscious nature. Activity criteria are characterized by the indicators such as the formation of skills in solving professional goals using the natural science knowledge, the ability to self-education. The reasons to study natural sciences and motivations for the environmental activities are the indicators of motivational criteria. The following parameters are inherent to the personality criteria: self-control, self-esteem, self-improvement, and environmental consciousness.
The author establishes and characterizes the levels of the formation of natural science competence in prospective ecologists, such as reproductive, reflexive, heuristic, and creative levels. The determined criteria, indicators, and levels provide an opportunity to assess the level of the formation of natural science competence of prospective ecologists, which will enhance the effectiveness of postsecondary environmental education.

Key words: natural science competence, criteria, indicator, the level of the formation of competence.

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