Formation of cognitive interest in the teaching of chemistry and environmental protection in the first high school stage of secondary education through the use of interactive methods

Abstract

The article reveals the content of the concept of cognitive interest as well as the possibilities for its formation and development in the learning process through the usage of interactive methods. The formation and creation of a lasting cognitive interest in learning determined the purpose of the current pedagogical research: to develop models of lessons in chemistry and environmental protection in the first high school stage using specific interactive methods in order to increase students’ interest in learning, knowledge in chemistry and interest in the subject.