Benedysiuk M. The System of Interdisciplinary Tasks as a Means of the Formation of Middle School Pupils’ Competence in Physics

The purpose of the study: to develop a methodology for the creation and use of a system of tasks of interdisciplinary content as a means of forming competence in physics in primary school students. The object of the study is the educational process in physics at the primary school. Subject of research - a methodology for the development and use of the system of tasks of interdisciplinary content in the primary school as a means of forming competences in physics. The study used a complex of theoretical, empirical and statistical methods. The urgency of the problem of forming the competence in physics in the students for the theory and practice of teaching physics is substantiated, their essence and structure have been clarified. The model of the methodical system of use of the system of problems of interdisciplinary content focused on the formation of competences in physics in primary school students is created, taking into account the requirements of the system, personality-activity, competence and axiological approaches, which includes three blocks: theoretical, practical and experimental. The model of the methodical system of use of the system of tasks of interdisciplinary content focused on the formation of competences in physics in primary school pupils is developed. It includes purpose-oriented, managerial, content, operational-activity and control-regulating components, outlines the relationships between them and the conditions for effective implementation. During the pedagogical experiment the efficiency of the methodical system at the level of content and operational-activity components was established: the indicators of the studied sphere increased in the students of the experimental classes in comparison with the control ones, and also its statistical reliability was proved. The results of the research can be used by teachers of physics, teachers of institutions of postgraduate education, students.