Discussion as an active method of teaching during a future teacher’s professional training
The article deals with the methodology of discussion teaching which allows forming and developing the main discussion skills and discussion abilities. The proposed approach to the organisation of the process of discussion teaching is designed using the development of connections between the substance of the thinking activity during the discussion of problematic situations and the speech means of its expression. The characteristics, included in the concept of "discussion", are given; its nature and principles are revealed. The classification of discussion skills and abilities, designed using speech and thinking acts with various thinking forms and techniques, is provided. The main focus is on the system of discussion teaching which includes a number of interconnected stages; the description of the methodology of the work on each stage is given. The ways of the construction and the technology of completing a number of exercises for the discussion skill formation and the discussion ability development are shown. The organisation and the management of the process of discussion teaching are considered.