Opportunities of congress and exhibition activities for knowledge exchange between teachers of general educational organizations

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The relevance of the study is associated with the search for effective ways of continuous development, orienting teachers to an intensive knowledge exchange with colleagues. It is stated that congress and exhibition activities contribute to constructive business communication, involvement of teachers in business communications. It is emphasized that the competent organization of ways of informal interaction stimulates teachers to professional growth as a result of learning from the effective experience of their colleagues, scientists and practitioners of the educational sphere. The goal of the research is to theoretically justify and find constructive ways of teachers' participation in congress and exhibition activities to intensify knowledge sharing. The methodology (materials and methods) of the research is formed by B. Z. Milner's ideas about “knowledge engineering”, the activities that ensure knowledge management: its accumulation, exchange, application, etc. The author believes that such knowledge exchange is most effectively realized within the framework of conferences, courses, seminars as a result of cooperation, partnerships and strategic alliances.