Model of formation of associative-image-bearing thinking of the students of the art-graphic specialities at higher school

The article has analyzed and determined the peculiarities of the formation of associative and image-bearing thinking of the students of the artistic-graphic specialties. The essence of associative and imaginative thinking has been revealed; its definition and criteria of formation have been provided; the model of formation of this type of thinking of the student of the art-graphic specialties has been described, the structural components of which are theoretical, regulatory, and methodical support represented by the author of the article in the table form, including the name of creative tasks and methods, their target orientation and the plan of sequence of the educational action of the student. The modeling is based on the compliance of the basic components of the artistic-graphic activity (contextual environment and rational-logic interpretation, associative- imaginative thinking (sensual and rational components)).

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