A project technology as an effective means of productive thinking development of contemporary teenagers

The article covers the content of such concepts, as: thinking, productive thinking, and project technology. The author reveals intrinsic and substantial characteristics of the productive thinking of a teenager on the basis of the analysis of psychological, philosophical, educational grounds of a studied phenomenon. The component structure and features of the productive thinking are specified, and its value and functions in the school’s educational process are explained. The author makes an assumption, that the projecting activity is an effective means for development of the productive thinking of the modern teenagers, and states the educational conditions encouraging the implementation of this process.