Sevinj Nizami Mehdiyeva

POSSIBILITIES FOR IMPLEMENTING HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION IN THE CONTENT STANDARDS OF 7th GRADE BIOLOGY

Abstract. The article examines the importance of the principle of intradisciplinary horizontal integration in biology teaching. The 2013 curriculum and the improved biology curriculum approved in 2024 are compared. In the previous curriculum, the principle of integration was not sufficiently taken into account in the structure of content lines. In the new curriculum, five content lines have been defined, and intradisciplinary integration is more clearly reflected in this structure. However, the analysis of the 7th-grade textbook shows that the topics are mainly organized based on the alignment of standards within the same content line, and horizontal integration between different content lines is not sufficiently ensured. As a result, the structure of topics and standards determines the degree of integrativeness in the textbook and limits the practical implementation of horizontal integration.

Key words: intradisciplinary integration, horizontal integration, content standards, content line, curriculum, biology, textbook