ORIENTATION OF STUDENT-TEACHERS ON SELF-DEVELOPMENT OF POLY-PARADIGM THINKING

The article discusses the features of the student-teachers' orientation to self-development of polyparadigm thinking. Poly-paradigm thinking with its multidimensionality as an attribute is creative thinking above all else. The result of the problem of the student-teachers' orientation to self-development of polyparadigm thinking research shows that multidimensional thinking is possessed by creative personality. In this article nature of poly-paradigm thinking from the point of view of its development and selfdevelopment is revealed and effective strategies for student-teachers' studying are possessed. These strategies are in tune with the ideas of developing education, heuristic and problem-based learning, Gestalteducation, and future-oriented thinking. The problem of orientation to poly-paradigm thinking is discussed in the context of philosophical investigations of synergetics, holism, evolutionism, and Gestalt psychology. Synergetic models and methods are applied for understanding of student-teachers' personal cognitive and creative activity. Poly-paradigm thinking skills may be applied during solving of simple, complicated, and supercomplex pedagogical tasks and problems which constitute teachers' daily work. (C) 2018 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK.