Vaskivska G. Didactic principles of the formation of knowledge about human in high school students

The thesis is a theoretical and experimental investigation of didactic principles of the formation of the system of knowledge about human in high school students. In the process of experimentation the system of knowledge about human is designed, its nature and structural elements are characterized. The didactic model of formation of the system of knowledge about human in high school students is suggested. The didactical conditions and means are grounded, which significantly improve the quality of high school students’ mastering the knowledge about human and positively influence the development of their values realized by means of constructed knowledge about human as biopsychosocial individuality, integrating knowledge about human, metacourse «The Study of Human Nature», reflective and cognitive technology, the monitoring support of the process of assimilation of knowledge by high school students on the criteria and level basis. The reflective and cognitive technology is designed. The features of teaching and learning needs and interests of high school students are defined. The value-evaluation complex for monitoring support of the formation of high school students’ knowledge about human is developed. The term «reflective and cognitive technology» is introduced into the scientific use. The essence of the terms «interdisciplinary connections», «learning environment» and «metasubject approach» is clarified and elaborated in the context of the research problem.