Developing Problem-Solving Competency for Students in Teaching Biology at High School in Vietnam

Phan Thi Thanh Hoi^1, , Dinh Quang Bao¹, Phan Khac Nghe² and Nguyen Thi Hang Nga¹

¹Faculty of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam

²Ha Tinh High School for Gifted Students, Ha Tinh, Vietnam

Cite this paper:
Phan Thi Thanh Hoi, Dinh Quang Bao, Phan Khac Nghe and Nguyen Thi Hang Nga. Developing Problem-Solving Competency for Students in Teaching Biology at High School in Vietnam. American Journal of Educational Research. 2018; 6(5):539-545. doi: 10.12691/education-6-5-27

Abstract

Accessing to the general trend of the world, Vietnam is in the process of setting up a new General education curriculum oriented to learner competency development. In that curriculum, problem-solving is one of the common competencies that need to be formed and developed for students. Thus, developing and evaluating problem solving competency is one of the tasks that teachers in disciplines at all levels of learning and need to do. However, in in Vietnam nowadays, teaching of competency approach is still difficult for teachers. In this article, on the basis of research on competency, we have given a problem-solving competency development process in teaching biology at high school as an illustrative example.

Keywords:
competency problem-solving problem-solving competency problematic situation biology

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