In the period from 06.03.2017 - 20.03.2017 , 2nd year course PhD doctoral students A.D. Maimatayeva, G.B. Shinsherova of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Geography of the specialty 6D011300 - Biology passed scientific internship on the basis of the Department of Biology, Ecology and Methods of Biology Training of the Institute of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences of Moscow Pedagogical University (Russia, Moscow)
          From 06.03.2017 to 20.03.2017 during the scientific training attended lectures, laboratory, practical and seminar classes of leading specialists of the Department of Biology, Ecology and Methods of Biology Training in Biology and Methods of Teaching Biology: Doctor of Pedagogical sciences, Professor S.V. Sumatokhin, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor A.G. Rezanova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor A.N. Khovrina, Candiadate of Biological sciences, Associate Professor A.I. Zaitseva, candidate of biological sciences, Associate Professor I.I. Istomina.
       They participated in scientific and methodological seminars at the Department of Biology, Ecology and Methods of Biology Training at the Moscow State Pedagogical University, the Center for Natural Science Education, the Institute for the Strategy of Education of the Russian Academy of Education, and the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Ecology, Moscow State Regional University.
         During the consultations with foreign scientific consultants, the main methodological approaches to understanding the content of the process of forming elective courses were identified. The analysis of the works of foreign scientists made it possible to distinguish the following components of the research competence of the future biology teacher: value, motivational, theoretical-methodological, technological, reflexive.
        The main methodological approaches to understanding the content and process of forming research competence are defined, such as: systemic , competence, axiological, acmeological.
          They independently worked with the funds of the library of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, in the educational and methodical lecture room of the Department of Biology, Ecology and Methods of Biology Training, as well as with the scientific foundations of the library of Lenin Russian State Library.
          As a result of the scientific internship, the following results were obtained: the literature on the research problem was analyzed; Foreign experience in the field of methods of teaching biology was studied.
        During the scientific internship, the first iteration of the manuscript of the article was prepared for publication in the Russian journal "Biology at School".