INTEGRATION OF NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION AT THE SYSTEM “SECONDARY SCHOOL – HIGH EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT”

In this article, the experience of the creation and examination of the continuous natural science educational system “secondary school – high educational establishment” at the Tver State Technical University and the municipal educational establishment “Secondary school No. 45 of Tver” was discussed. The basic forms of such collaboration were considered, and its concrete examples were given. It is shown that the correct organization of the integration process promotes improvement of the quality of education and the perfection of the educational and scientific processes both at the school and in the university. An approbation of the idea of development of the senior profile school as one of the segments of the regional scientifically-educational complex and its transformation into the professional senior school was put in the basis of the system of continuous natural science education. Sharing of the material resources of school and university has brought the essential contribution to the development of the educational process, has enriched it with the variety of new possibilities. In particular, the integrated approach to the application of modern software and hardware has allowed creating the uniform multimedia lecture&laboratory complex using the majority of modern educational technologies. The successful example of the integration of natural science education in the system “secondary school – university” was realization of the joint project of Tver State Technical University and secondary school no. 45. This project was devoted to the working out and application of new educational technologies and models of continuous natural science education on the basis of use of the modern educational equipment for studying of nanotechnology and nanomaterials (in addition to the existing sections of the school program on physics, chemistry and biology). Being unique in Tver region, this laboratory is working now both for schoolboys and for students. It is found that performance of this project not only promoted the equipment development of the educational process but also has led to the essential updating and perfection of its methodical part and content.