The article considers the experience ofthe organization of network interaction in education. The authors present a model of network regional interaction during the implementation of additional environmental education and social upbringing of students.

The article deals with the problem of preparing university students for the implementation of aesthetic education of secondary school pupils in the course of biological education. Stages and levels of students’ readiness of for aesthetic education are determined.

The article deals with the issue of teaching students for vocational guidance in teaching biology. It describes the potential of the discipline “Vocational Guidance in Teaching Biology to School Students” in training of future teachers for career-oriented work.

The article deals with the issue of formation of the scientific outlook of students. The authors identify and describe the conditions and means of formation of the scientific outlook - the problematic situations of the ideological nature. The results showing the effectiveness of such situations are under consideration.

The article deals with the problem of the influence of ecological and educational environment of an educational institution on the formation of the ecological culture of students. The algorithm of the process of formation of the ecological culture of pupils in ecological and educational environment of the institution is determined and described. Theresultsthat provetheefficiencyofthisalgorithm are under consideration in the article.

The article deals with the groups of motives to master the ecological culture, as well as the levels of development of this personal quality of teenagers. The authors determine and describe the leading means of development of motivation to master the ecological culture - the ecological and pedagogical personal developing situations. The results showing the effectiveness of the use of such situations are considered.

The article deals with the pedagogic conditions of development of pupils’ ecological thinking: the potential of the school discipline “Biology” and the effective methods of development of this personal phenomenon, as well as the elements of ecological thinking and behavior. The results that show the efficiency of these conditions are described in the article.

The cognitive tasks are regarded as the basic means of research skills development. The author gives the classification of cognitive tasks (based on the quantity of skills, difficulty level and organization form), used at various stages of research skills development (motivation and preparatory, contents and activity, evaluation). The results that prove the effectiveness of cognitive tasks are described.