Teaching the astronomy in secondary education institutions in Ukraine in recent years has been carried out mainly within the framework of integrated courses. This approach is well known and well developed in the world educational practice. Thus, in a number of countries of the world, the fundamentals of astronomy are studied within the framework of the “Science” subject, which, along with the integrated courses of “Physics and astronomy” and “Natural sciences”, is being introduced today into the educational process in a number of secondary education institutions in Ukraine. Taking into account that the teaching of integrated courses of the natural cycle of academic disciplines for Ukrainian teachers is a kind of challenge, it is necessary to conduct a detailed analysis of the best world experience in this area.
