The Effectiveness of Teaching Biology Using an Aesthetic Approach Based on Scientific Applications in Developing Aesthetic Appreciation among First-Year Secondary School Students

The aim of this research is to reveal the effectiveness of teaching biology with an aesthetic approach based on scientific applications in developing aesthetic appreciation among first-year secondary school students. To achieve this aim, a tool of the aesthetic appreciation scale was constructed. The experimental material was represented in the student book for the unit entitled “Classification of Living Organisms”. It was also constructed and reformulated in light of the aesthetic approach based on scientific applications. The quasi-experimental design with experimental and control groups was used. The sample of the experimental study consisted of (30) male and female students from The first year of secondary school at Sejin Secondary School, affiliated with the Qatour Administration in Gharbia Governorate. The research sample consisted of two groups: an expeimental group: (30) students, and a control group (30) students. Two research tool was pre-post administered during the second semester of the academic year 2023/2024 on the experimental and control research sample. The research tried to test the hypotheses. After conducting the research experiment, applying the research tool, collecting, discussing, and interpreting the data and results, the researcher concluded: The effectiveness of teaching biology with the aesthetic approach based on scientific applications in developing aesthetic appreciation among first year secondary school students, an experimental research sample that was taught with the aesthetic approach based on scientific applications. In light of the previous results, the researcher recommended the need to improve teaching practices at the secondary stage and move away from traditional methods that focus on acquiring abstract knowledge and information which make it lose its importance and value for the student, and the necessity of using modern teaching methods and strategies in teaching biology at the secondary level, and building curricula for science in general and biology in particular in light of the aesthetic approach based on scientific applications in various stages of education, because of their great effectiveness in developing the aesthetic taste of students.