Chemical education of schoolchildren in the Soviet period: the source study base

The article deals with the substantiation of the significance of the historical and pedagogical studies of the native pedagogical heritage aimed at the improvement of the quality of the modern chemical education of the schoolchildren and the professional self-development of the Chemistry teacher. There is paid attention to the choice of the source study base of the historical and pedagogical studies, associated with the wide range of the issues of the chemical education of the schoolchildren in the Soviet period.