Voitsekhovska O. The peculiarities of designing theoretical thinking oi younger students.

The paper is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of designing theoretical thinking of younger students. The object of our research is the process of designing theoretical thinking of younger students. The subject of the research - psychological and pedagogical conditions of development of theoretical thinking of younger students in teaching and cognitive activities. The purpose of the study consists in developing, substantiating, and experimental testing of design as psycho-pedagogical condition that ensures the development of theoretical thinking of younger students in the teaching and cognitive activities. The scientific novelty of the research consists in distinguishing the basic psycho-pedagogical conditions that assist understanding scientific and theoretical knowledge; creating a model of the components of theoretical thinking; testing the designed model-based program of development of theoretical thinking of younger students, in the process of revealing the relationship of teaching and psych-technical design of theoretical thinking of younger students. The theoretical value of the study: the results of the work complement the understanding of the processes and psycho technical design in the field of general and educational psychology, that is the basis for understanding the differences and complementary features of teachers and psychologists in the development of theoretical thinking of younger students, the development of the model of theoretical forms of thinking of younger students in the context of activity-and cultural-historical approaches to the analysis and explanation of mental phenomena. The practical value of the study is to develop a program of theoretical thinking of younger students, the results of the thesis is to analyze and create favorable psycho- pedagogical conditions for the assimilation of theoretical knowledge and the development of theoretical thinking for younger students, the results make it possible to develop such courses, "Theoretical Knowledge", "Basic Development of Theoretical Thinking" and "Educational Psychology", "Developmental Psychology", "Psychology of Learning"; findings offer opportunities for further scientific developments in the field of age and educational psychology.