USING COMPUTER PROGRAMS IN CHEMISTRY IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN NATURAL SPECIALTIES

Introduction. The article substantiates the issue of increasing the effectiveness of chemistry education for students of natural sciences based on the use of computer software and methodical complexes in chemistry, the aspect of using information technologies in the pedagogical process is considered. Purpose: justify the expediency of using information technologies based on the use of educational computer programs to improve the effectiveness of chemical education for future specialists in natural sciences. Methods. Theoretical methods of analysis and generalization of scientific literature, systematization and generalization of the received information. Results. It was determined that based on educational information technology, teaching consists of a didactic computer environment, the elements of which are theoretical-methodological, methodical, hardware and software. The problems of forming the teacher's readiness to organize training and forming the skills of students to study in a didactic computer environment are relevant, and this involves the creation of a complex of software support (computer tools) for such training to implement the principle of optimization and increase the efficiency of the chemical educational process. The problem of computerization of chemistry teaching is revealed from two sides: improvement of chemistry teaching methodology and provision of information technology opportunities in the organization of the educational process and training of highly qualified specialists. Originality. The groups of tasks aimed at increasing the efficiency of the educational process of students of natural sciences when studying chemistry are considered. Six groups of tasks are distinguished: tasks, the solution of which is associated with a large amount of computational work; tasks for displaying the graphic part of chemistry; modelling of chemical objects and processes; information and reference and educational systems; tasks of a practical nature – simulators; tasks aimed at carrying out a chemical experiment. The use of computers as a learning tool makes it possible to rethink traditional approaches to the study of many issues in natural sciences, to enhance students' experimental and research activities, and to bring the learning process closer to the real process of cognition. The development and perfection of methods and tools of modern information technologies create real opportunities for their use in the education system to develop the creative abilities of the applicant in the process of his/her preparation for professional activity. Conclusion. The need for special training of future specialists, in a constructed system of education, which allows the determining the main directions of scientific research necessary for the introduction of information technologies and effective methods of training students of natural sciences, has been established. Authors see prospects for further research in the experimental testing of the introduction of computer programs for educational purposes in chemistry in the training of future specialists in natural sciences.