Specifics of teaching logic at the higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia: technology of step-by-step formation of mental actions

The article is devoted to the research of the problem of improving teaching of the discipline «Logic» at a university of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on the basis of conceptual provisions of the technology of step-by-step formation of mental actions by P.Ya. Galperin. The relevance of the research is determined with importance of the culture of logical thinking of an employee of internal affairs bodies as a means of improving professional results and forming responsibility to society and individual citizens. The methodological tools of the article include a descriptive method, six stages of the formation of mental actions by P.Ya. Galperin and a deductive method. The structure of the article includes two parts. In the first substantial part, based on the six stages of the technology of step-by-step formation of mental actions by P.Ya. Galperin, the author’s experience in teaching the discipline «Logic» is systematized. The specifics of implementation of the stages of P.Ya. Galperin’s technology, problems and solutions found are described, the professional and ethical standards of a logic teacher are outlined. In the second part, based on the conceptual basis of P.Ya. Galperin’s technology, two directions of improving educational technology in the discipline «Logic» for distance learning are identified and the project for improving methodology of teaching logic in full-time education is proposed. As an illustration of the project, a more compact and clearly structured scheme for solving the problem is presented, as well as a systematic sequence of actions in a practical lesson on analysis of complex judgments. The author concludes about significant pedagogical potential of the technology of step-by-step formation of P.Ya. Galperin’s mental actions for teaching the discipline «Logic» at a university of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The results of the article are important for improving complex of educational technologies used in the universities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.