Lecture in additional professional education: yesterday and today

He article is devoted to the problem of the lecture, as one of the leading forms of organization of training in additional professional education and in the educational process of the university. Various points of view are given on the lecture by S. I. Hessen, V. O. Klyuchevsky, N. Ye. Zhukovsky, N. I. Pirogov, as a form of conducting the lesson not only from the position of teachers, but also scientists, specialists of a technical direction, philosophical and historical. The main criteria for assessing the quality of the lecture from the perspective of teaching methods are considered. The main functions of the lecture are shown: directing, organizational, informational, systemic, explanatory, ideological, methodical, educational, problem-developing, research. An approximate list of requirements for a modern lecture is given. The author proposed a detailed assessment of the pros and cons of the lecture. The article provides an approximate list of requirements for the lecture. Based on the study, the author concludes that the lecture, as a form of organization of education, is today an important step in the process of learning and becoming not only a future specialist after graduation, but also in additional professional education.