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Savina I. S. A system of exercises for developing critical thinking in foreign cadets (based on the content of textbooks on special disciplines). Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philosophy. Psychology. Pedagogy, 2025, vol. 25, iss. 4, pp. 321-329. DOI: 10.18500/1819-7671-2025-25-4-321-329, EDN: WHEQYE
A system of exercises for developing critical thinking in foreign cadets (based on the content of textbooks on special disciplines)
Introduction. The development of critical thinking is an important aspect of military professional education. The ability to critically analyze information and apply various approaches to solving problems is practically realized not only in the educational process, but also in professional activities. Theoretical analysis. The study of scientific publications on the topic of the development of critical thinking and the use of the technology of its formation allowed us to come to the following conclusion: the problem of methodological support for the educational process of professional training of foreign military personnel in a technical specialty is practically not considered, since a significant part of scientific and methodological works is devoted to teaching students in the humanities and economics. Empirical analysis. The article presents the results of experimental work on the use of various techniques aimed at developing critical thinking. The presented techniques were adapted to the content of the disciplines of the professional cycle of specialty 25.05.04 “Flight operation and use of aviation complexes” taking into account the fact that students are foreign military personnel and Russian is not their native language. Conclusion. The presented results show that the use of techniques adapted to the process of training foreign cadets contributed to the development of analytical skills that found practical application in writing term papers and thesis.
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