Mental technologies of modern educational processes

The article focuses on latent requirements (semantic nuances) for mental technologies that ensure success in key groups of disciplines of the modern educational system. The methodological basis of the study is the interdisciplinary semiosociopsychological concept of social communication, in which the educational process is considered as a communicative and cognitive activity. The criterion of the conclusions and recommendations is the conformity of the promoted mental technologies with the tasks of harmonious development, socialisation and social adaptation of the younger generation. A predominant focus on memorisation is advisable only in the mastery of informative-cognitive disciplines. In the natural-mathematical and sociocommunicative disciplines, not only the ability to memorise is important, but also the ability of deep understanding based on multi-level mental operation, which allows to achieve the desired constant result. Science and mathematics curricula have traditionally focused on the development of mental operations based on clear laws, dependencies and interdependencies. However, programmes in social-communicative disciplines, based on postmodern ideas about the multiplicity of meanings, devalue the mental search for semantic (motivational-target) dominants in perceived works/materials; the technologies promoted here are associated with memorisation, the search for personal-pragmatic aspects, or with arbitrary interpretation. The social costs of such an approach are the inability of individuals, groups, communities to negotiate on a constructive and honest basis and the increased opportunities for manipulation. The costs of the personal plan are associated with difficulties in socialisation and social adjustment. The search for ways to improve the domestic educational system is connected with moving away from the influence of postmodern ideas, taking into account the positive experience of the Soviet school, using the developments of domestic science that allow to "see" the deep meanings in any works/materials, propaganda and advertising campaigns.