Teaching creative thinking to secondary school students through independent education is a pressing issue

This article describes the problem of increasing the self - activity of the assimilation of knowledge independent thinking by organizing self - education in higher educational institutions. Independent education is the organization of regular independent activity in accordance with the subjective purpose of the educational process on the formation of selfeducation, independent learning, the development of imagination and the formation of cognitive skills. One of the first principles of the independent learning factor is the intellectual mastery of scientific ways and advanced pedagogical practices. Scientific knowledge is a true reflection of reality.