Laboratory Work in Education of Food Technology Professionals

Abstract

Laboratory exercises play an important role in microbiology as, unlike other biology objects, microorganisms are not visible in everyday life. At laboratory exercises, students learn microorganisms and bacteria processes. These classes allow students to test theory and to master basic skills in microbiology-related research activities. The main didactic goal of laboratory work is the experimental confirmation and verification of significant theoretical provisions. Along with the main didactic goal – the confirmation of theoretical positions – in the course of fulfilling assignments, students develop practical skills in handling various instruments, installations, laboratory equipment, and equipment that can be a part of professional practical training as well as research skills (observe, compare, analyze, establish dependencies, draw conclusions and generalizations, independently conduct research, formalize the results). Laboratory works and practical exercises are related to the main types of training sessions aimed at the experimental confirmation of theoretical knowledge and the formation of educational and professional practical skills; they constitute an important part of theoretical and professional practical training (Dogadin. Usilenie laboratornogo praktikuma v teoreticheskoi podgotovke studentov. In Fisika f sistemie sovreme sovremennogo obrasovanija (FCCO-03): Trudui sedmoui Meschdunarodnoi konferenzii. Sankt-Peterburg., p 199, 2003; Poliakova Laboratornye raboty kak sredstvo motivacii i aktivizacii uchebnoi deiatelnosti uchashihsia. In Omskyi Nauchnyi Vestnik (4), Available online at http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=24254743, checked on 12/17/2016, pp 188–190, 2015). At the same time with the main didactic goal – the confirmation of the theoretical positions – in the course of fulfilling the tasks, students develop practical skills in handling various instruments, installations, laboratory equipment, and equipment that can be a part of the professional training as well as research skills (observe, compare, analyze, establish dependencies, draw conclusions and generalizations, independent research, formalize the results).