To the issue of formation of systemic thinking in students of educational organisations of higher education as an element of preparation for professional activity

The article is devoted to the issue of formation of systemic thinking in students in the process of professional training with the ability to build models of different kinds of systems. The lack of specific requirements for the discipline responsible for the formation of this type of thinking, allows to use different approaches in the variable part of training and contributes to the improvement of intellectual thinking in general. The concept of "systems thinking" is considered with the identification of key features of this process of thinking activity. Features and comparison with other types of thinking. The analysis of working programmes of higher education institutions of the Russian Federation is carried out in order to study the content of courses and disciplines that meet the FSES 3++. The analysis of the research results of the Stavropol scientist confirms that the formation of systemic thinking increases the level of student's knowledge and competence. The proposed model for the formation of systemic thinking is based on the requirements of FSES, justifying the need to introduce this discipline from the first year of study in educational organizations of higher education.