CORRELATION OF FUTURE CHEMISTS' READINESS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY AND THE INFORMATION CULTURE DEVELOPMENT LEVEL
In the modern information society, research in the field of information culture formation is relevant, since in the conditions of total informatization effective practical implementation of information and computer technology tools is impossible if a chemist is not trained to use such tools in his professional activities and his proper level of information culture development is low. The current level of redundancy of scientific and educational information provided to future specialists, the requirements to the professional chemists' training and to the content of academic disciplines have increased, and the culture of the educational institution and the information culture of a future chemist, as well as the role of a teacher in the educational process, have changed. The article deals with some peculiarities of the development of the information culture of a future chemist in the higher professional education system. The analysis of the correlation of the readiness of a future chemist to do the professional job and the level of his information culture development has been carried out. The characteristics of the conditions for the formation of information culture of students as components of a whole system have been analyzed. The article is focused on the state educational standards of higher professional education of the Donetsk People's Republic and the ones of the Russian Federation according to which specialists for chemistry, fundamental and applied chemistry are being trained. The author concludes that the requirements, mentioned in the standards, meet the current modern trends of the chemical industry and, consequently, the need to develop information culture of future specialists of this field.