Methodological features of the study of light Phenomena in general secondary school physics

This article presents the results of studying the characteristics of the "Optics" department in general secondary schools, identifying the methodological features of its teaching, contributing to the most effective acquisition of the necessary knowledge and skills by pupils. The main content of the sections "Optics" and "Quantum Optics" in general secondary schools and the requirements for the level of preparation of pupils in these sections at the end of education are considered. Based on the analysis, the study of optical phenomena in the school physics course has a high ideological significance and contributes to the formation of the personality of the modern graduate of the school.