Using fairy tales at biology lessons

Abstract

The article deals with the content of the concept and structure of the fairy tale at the lessons of biology. Biological fairy tale is considered as a means and methodical method, an element of game technology, which is used at certain stages of a biology class with a certain educational purpose. Different views of scholars on the concept of "fairy tale" and the peculiarities of the use of fairy tales at different stages of the biology lesson in grades 6 and 7 are considered. The fairy tale in the lessons of biology performs 8 main functions: educational, motivational, relaxation, compensatory, developmental, educational, controlling, improving (therapeutic). It was found out that the fairy tale contributes to the development of students' thinking, the formation of effective mental activity, the successful performance by students of various mental activities (analysis, synthesis, concretization and abstraction, comparison and generalization) in the process of fairy tales. We can see the fairy tale as an element of the new educational technology, and as a methodological approach to the work of students in the classroom, and as a means of learning.