TECHNOLOGIES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGY TEACHERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Authors:   Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine, Chekaniuk Kateryna 
Published: February 2023

The conceptual foundations of modern education in Ukraine, which lead to the need to find new ways of developing both professional and personal qualities of a specialist, the needs and interests of a teacher, their ability to adapt in the dynamic conditions of modern times, are analyzed. The subject of the study is the professional development of teachers in the educational environment of general secondary education institutions, which is considered as the process of a teacher acquiring a specialty and increasing its level through professional training and certification in the conditions of continuous professional education and the implementation of professional activities, with the aim of forming a high level of professional competence. The methodological basis of the study is the philosophical, psychological, and pedagogical principles of the implementation of humanistic values in education, a systemic, personal-activity approach, the principles of subject-subject organization of learning, the connection between theory and practice, as well as ideas about the need to ensure the comprehensive development of the individual in the process of learning, the activity of the individual as a subject of learning, the unity of activity and the development of the individual, the influence of the formation of the information society on the peculiarities of approaches to professional education. It was determined that the foundation of teachers' professional development and their adaptation to new educational requirements is the creation of conditions for stimulating 410Kateryna Chekaniuktheir motivation for self-education, self-development, self-improvement and self-realization; formation of a sustainable need for psychological and pedagogical knowledge and development of skills to apply them in practice; ensuring continuity of education; involving teachers in interactive interaction with the aim of developing professionally significant personal qualities that would contribute to their creative self-realization. The purposeof the study was to theoretically study the technologies of professional development of biology teachers in the educational environment of general secondary education institutions. The general principles of professional development of teachers based on constructivism (an active process of constructing knowledge and skills of a teacher), structural-functional (providing conditions for activities in the system of continuous pedagogical education), axiological (taking into account the peculiarities of the stage of becoming a specialist, his opportunities and needs and motivation for development) and competence (mastery and improvement of the competencies and personal attributes necessary for the teacher in the process of his training and activity) approaches are considered. The advantages, structure and forms of implementation of modern educational technologies, which make it possible to find effective forms of teaching teachers, provide a more flexible approach to the learning process, stimulate the active participation of teachers in the formation of training programs, and help in adapting to the constant transformations of society's demands on the education system have been analyzed. Examples of the application of certain technologies for the professional development of biology teachers in institutions of general secondary education are given. It was concluded that advanced training should meet the needs of the personal professional development of the biology teacher and form the necessary competencies through the use of innovative technologies.