THE NEW APPROACHES TO NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Beginning of the 21st century - the time of rapid changes. In 2009-2010 in Russian Education has been approved new federal state educational standards for elementary and general education. The basis of the Standard is a systemic-activity approach. The main need is to develop content and technology of education, determine the ways and means to achieve the level of personal and cognitive development of students. Systemic-activity approach as a methodological principle determines the need to study the content of any school subject as a system. Especially the great importance realization of systemic-activity approach gets into natural science education. Realization of systemic-activity approach, which provides a guaranteed achievement of planned results, is possible in applying various educational technologies in science education. The scientific-methodical journal «Natural Science Education» invites the scientists and teachers to take part in discussion of problems of natural science education.