METHODOLOGICAL FEATURES OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

This article aims to understand the main problems of philosophical and pedagogical methodologies and methods arising from the need to improve the level of higher education in modern conditions, which, when considering the successive historical types of culture and philosophy, it becomes clear that each of them corresponds to certain methods of philosophy. The article examines some features of teaching philosophy in universities of the Republic of Azerbaijan. One of the most difficult and important stages of teaching this subject is considered to be the familiarization of students with the basic concepts of philosophical science (“philosophy”, “metaphysics”), the clarification of the meanings of terms that are important for independent study of philosophical works by students. The issue of the image of a modern philosophy teacher is also included in a number of public discussions. First of all, this is due to the understanding that philosophy is a profession or a calling. What happens in reality? A person who knows the material perfectly does not always have the opportunity to “ignite” the audience and open up to them the centuries-old tradition of philosophical knowledge. The teacher, I am sure of this, must combine the qualities of a speaker, teacher and artist. The educational reforms carried out in the Republic of Azerbaijan allow us to talk about the reassessment of social and humanitarian subjects and their status in the educational process of higher education, so that the reduction in the number of teaching hours of humanitarian subjects and the removal of elective courses related to how social and humanitarian subjects return to these subjects can be considered an indicator of current trends