PROBLEM LECTURE AS A WAY TO DEVELOP CREATIVE THINKING OF STUDENTS AND CADETS
This article analyzes problem-based learning as one of the promising areas of a military University students and cadets creative thinking development. The authors focus on the fact that a problem-based approach to learning contributes to the development of creative thinking in students, as well as the development of their ability to independently search for new knowledge. The essence of problem-based training in a military higher educational institution consists in defining a problem task or modeling a problem situation, as well as in developing the ability of students and cadets to find an optimal solution to get out of it. The article pays special attention to the didactic method of forming problem situations in the classroom. A brief description of the department's experience in applying the problematic approach to teaching during the lecture is presented. The proposed methodological techniques of «introducing problems» into the lecture allow to train an officer who thinks and knows how to navigate in a complex modern environment. As a result of the study, it was concluded that reading problem lectures, as well as conducting classes on the basis of problem-search activity, makes students realize the lack of their knowledge, thereby activating them to search for new knowledge and encourages the development of independent creative thinking.