The Didactic Potential of Digital Laboratories for the Formation of Research Competencies of Future Chemistry Teachers

Abstract. The article is devoted to the identification and substantiation of the didactic potential of digital laboratories as a tool for improving the quality of training of future chemistry teachers. Based on an empirical study of graduate students from six Russian pedagogical universities, the ideas of future chemistry teachers about the nature of knowledge, the mechanisms of its acquisition and the goals of the educational process were revealed, data were obtained on the nature of difficulties experienced by students in organizing the research activities of schoolchildren, deficiencies in methodological competencies (lack of understanding of the principles of organizing research activities, lack of ability to conduct qualitative assessments of experimental results and inability to correctly interpret data). The main reason for the identified problems is the lack of experience in organizing students' research activities using digital laboratories, which have a high didactic potential in the formation and development of research skills. Based on the results of the study, proposals were formulated to modernize the training of chemistry teachers using digital equipment: the introduction of a research approach that models the cycle of natural science knowledge, the active inclusion of digital laboratories that improve the quality of visualization and analysis of chemical experimental data, the organization of interdisciplinary projects involving students, scientists and teachers of schools for the joint implementation of innovative methods on the sites of technoparks "Quantorium".