Methodological aspects of teaching the methodology of humanitarian research on the example of structural and synergetic analysis

The research is devoted to the development and substantiation of a methodological approach to teaching the methodology of humanitarian research in the context of the formation of research activity of students. The lack of educational and methodological material devoted to the methodology of humanitarian research, the lack of simple and clear recommendations and algorithms for students to build their own research and choose methods makes this approach relevant. The principle of this approach is revealed by the example of the presentation of theoretical and applied issues of structuralism and synergetics as research methods and is based on the movement of knowledge from simple to complex. The research material was modern publications devoted to the problems of education, humanities, research methodology, as well as structuralism and synergetics as forms of scientific analysis and their transcriptions of cultural and art phenomena.  During the development of this methodological approach, the authors carried out a reduction of synergetic and structural methods, systematization of the basic concepts used in the research work of students, identified a number of characteristics describing the course of research using these methods, conducted their comparative analysis indicating weaknesses and strengths. The novelty of the research lies in the development and demonstration of the possibilities of the proposed methodological approach, which offers: step–by–step development of research tools based on such basic concepts as "object", "category", "value", etc.; visual – in the form of a table – comparison of research methods and characteristics; elaboration of the categorical apparatus of methods based on the history of their origin, the authority of classical authors and quotations of their texts, the demonstration of the possibilities of methods in modern research. At the same time, the emphasis is on the unique features of the studied methods, which are necessary for a critical understanding of aesthetic and cultural phenomena and the construction of a consistent research route. The result of this approach is an understandable algorithm for choosing one or another method, as well as the possibility of creating a comprehensive methodology. The developed methodological approach can be applied directly in pedagogical practice, as well as during the preparation of students' scientific research.

scientific research methodology, philosophical and aesthetic knowledge, structural analysis, synergistic analysis, research, comparative analysis, humanitarian study, esthetics, interdisciplinary approach, teaching methodology