ROLE OF THE CEMICAL EXPERIMENT IN THE CONTINUING EDUCATION SYSTEM

A chemical experiment as a source of knowledge about the matter and chemical reaction is an important prerequisite to enhance the cognitive activity and to develop interest to the subject. Interest to natural sciences including chemistry has declined recently among pupils and students due to the insufficient technical support of the educational process as well as a general tendency of acute value decrease of knowledge in the youth. This year, realizing this problem the toxicology and analytical chemistry chair of Vitebsk State Medical University has responded to the proposal of the chemistry chair of the professional orientation and preparatory training faculty to conduct a number а number of laboratory classes as an experiment with the students who used to be taught only theoretically. To support talented pupils and to popularize chemistry as a science we have taken part in organization of the regional team of chemists before the final stage of Olympiad Chemical experiment gives a unique opportunity to form and develop capacities for analy-sis, synthesis, specification, generalization and systematization of the educational material and con-sequently to emerge a comprehended coherent system of the chemical picture of the world. The chosen direction of the interdepartmental coordination and cooperation with the Institute of Devel-opment of Education is promising and our assistance in the pre-university training of applicants will contribute to the logical forming of a unified integrated system of continuing education. Key words: chemical experiment, educational process, science education.