DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE THINKING AMONG STUDENTS

The article discusses the advantages and importance of professional creative thinking in human activity. The features of a professional in the field of creative thinking are described. The main types of professional creative thinking are considered, European (analytical, American), Asian (intuitive, Chinese). A foreign study (the California Experiment) is considered and analyzed, which aims to study professional creative thinking from school age, throughout life, to death due to natural causes (old age). The theoretical and methodological foundations for the organization of research are considered, and the authors conclude that it is important to systematically consider professional creative thinking. The methods of studying professional creative thinking are presented. The author's model of professional creative thinking development is considered. The levels of professional creative thinking development are characterized. The main patterns of the development of thinking are presented, which make it possible to develop creative professional thinking quite effectively.