THE ATTITUDE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN LITHUANIA AND KARELIA TO THE SUBJECT OF NATURAL SCIENCES: THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

The end of XX century - the period of significant political, social cultural changes in the countries of Europe, especially, in Сentral and East. Vary both education systems, and concept of education. In Lithuania with 1992 the program of natural science education is connected to the program of social education. In a consequence the social component became dominating. In Russia (including Republic Karelia) natural science education in a primary school for the present remains to “purer”. The purpose of research - to establish negative influence of integration of components of social and natural-science education on attitudes of pupils of an elementary school to a subject of natural sciences. 1264 respondents participated in research: 731 pupil of an elementary school in Lithuania and 533 in Karelia (Russian Federation). The data are collected by way of anonymous questionnaire of the pupils finishing an elementary school. It is established, that the high level of integration of social and natural science components in curriculums of a primary school of Lithuania influences process of natural science education, but results of this research does not allow an occasion to assert, that integration of social and natural science components into curriculums of a primary school on attitudes of pupils to a subject of natural sciences influences negatively.