A NEW APPROACH TO STUDYING THE EXTERNAL PHOTOEFFECT IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS

Abstract

Physics is a science that forms the foundation of natural science education and the theoretical thinking of future specialists. The renowned physicist, Academician L.A. Artsimovich, quite succinctly and figuratively defined the knowledge of physical science for humanity, emphasizing its ideological and polytechnical nature: “Modern physics is a kind of two-faced Janus. On the one hand, it is a science with a burning gaze, which strives to penetrate deep into the great laws of the material world. On the other hand, it is the foundation of new technology, a workshop of bold technical ideas, the support and driving force of continuous industrial progress.” At the same time, the colossal volume of knowledge accumulated by physics today makes the task of teaching it extremely difficult. Under these conditions, the only solution is to intensify the learning process by eliminating material that duplicates secondary school, bringing the physics curriculum closer to its actual content as a science, modernizing and structuring the program, and using the achievements of modern teaching technologies. Learning can be considered successful if the student has actively mastered a set of basic standard physical models; uses them constructively, revealing the mechanisms of physical phenomena and the structure of physical objects; and has a culture of physical thinking.