Original method of encouragement of students’ cognitive activities

We consider a method developed by the authors to compose questions on laws, phrases, categories, works of fiction and visual arts, the phenomena of surrounding reality, designed to contribute to the development of cognitive activity and creativity of students, to increase the flexibility and mobility of their thinking. The application of this method is concretized by the example of drawing up questions to works of art. It is shown that the proposed method implements a number of components of the author’s model of a local humanitarian and developing environment: interactive-gnostic, information-analytical, creative-developing, and can be useful not only in the learning process, but also in various areas of future professional and social activities of students.