Modern physics as a tool for shaping the scientific worldview of secondary school students
DOI: 10.23951/1609-624X-2026-2-96-107
The scientific worldview and students’ ideas about the modern scientific world are the primary task that a physics teacher can and should implement in his lessons, since only he, first of all, has huge opportunities to introduce modern physical concepts and discoveries into the lesson. Such a physics lesson includes various elements that reflect not only the laboriousness and versatility of the entire educational process, but also the relationship in the field of intra-subject and inter-subject, the integrity and detail of the analysis of certain aspects of the modern physics lesson, and much more. As a result, a full and systematic understanding and perception of all the components that make up a modern physics lesson is necessary. This article identifies the main components specific to the process of forming a scientific worldview in modern physics lessons, and determines the content side of this process. This will make it possible to outline specific ways to carry out worldview work in physics lessons at present and put forward methodological recommendations aimed at improving this work in the practice of teaching modern physics in high school. The practical significance of this work lies in the fact that the authors present specific examples of the formation of the scientific worldview of secondary school students on the basis of modern scientific concepts and discoveries. The goal is to substantiate and develop the theoretical foundations of the methodological preparation of students to work with modern scientific knowledge with the subsequent formation of their scientific worldview and the modern scientific picture of the world as a whole. The development of a school physics course in high school should be focused on eliminating existing gaps in students in the field of modern scientific discoveries, on the severity of scientific statements, on strengthening the process of forming a scientific worldview and ideas about the scientific picture of the world. Therefore, the relevance of the presented work lies mainly in revising the presentation of traditional educational material to students from the point of view of the modern scientific picture of the world, and not only by increasing the educational load or introducing certain modern scientific concepts into school physics. The result of this is a generalization of the educational material and its phased adaptation to modern scientific concepts and theories in the field of physics and other sciences. Currently, the diagnosis of the content and structure of the secondary school physics course, the identification of their merits and at the same time shortcomings dictate the need to search for ways that can improve the process of shaping the scientific worldview of students and their ideas about the modern scientific picture of the world as a whole. One of the components of our theoretical research is the identification and justification of the valuable, positive that is contained in modern physics training and allows us to search for ways to further improve it.
Keywords: high school, students, school physics, scientific worldview, modern scientific picture of the world, modern physics, modern scientific concepts
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