Psychological and Pedagogical Aspects of Stimulating Students’ Learning Activity.

Abstract

The article highlights the problem of stimulating the educational and cognitive activity of students in higher and professional prehigher education. The authors link this issue to several factors, including shifts in the psychology of young people. The article presents an analysis of literary sources addressing the psychological aspects of stimulating students’ cognitive activity, and explores methods to develop cognitive activity, interest and cognitive needs among students. The psychological characteristics of students in their 1st and 2nd years of colleges and universities are examined in this paper. The paper presents compiled by scholars a typical profile of a modern first-year university student. It reveals that such student is not very independent, often uncritical of his actions, more sensitive to punishment than to encouragement, lacking self-organization skills and requiring the guiding help of an adult to navigate academic challenges. The concept of clip thinking as a feature of the mental sphere of modern youth is examined. Both positive and negative manifestations of clip thinking are discussed, with an emphasis on how these traits must be considered when organizing the educational process in educational institutions. The paper identifies methods and techniques for stimulating the educational and cognitive activity of students, considering the psychological characteristics outlined earlier