The modern education system is directed not only on arms of future specialists by
professional knowledge and abilities, but also on formation at them free creative thinking,
requirement to continuous self-education, skills of use for this purpose of necessary
mechanisms, forms and methods. This article is devoted to one of actual problems in
education to a problem of search of innovative approaches in formation of creative thinking
of students. The literary review containing disclosure of the concepts "creativity" by different
scientists among which Dj. Simpson, J. Djilford, Ilyin E.P, Bogoyavlenskaya D.B., etc. are
called is presented in article. In a generalized view creativity discussed as ability to put
forward original, non-standard ideas, to apply various strategy in the solution of problems,
readiness to develop the arisen ideas. "Creativity" is understood by many researchers as
analog "creative abilities". Due to "creative thinking" the term "critical thinking" which is
commented in the context of the pedagogical searches which gained distribution in the
countries in countries of Western Europe in the eighties of last century is considered. In the
subsection "methodology" forms and methods of the organization of the occupations directed
on formation at students of professional experience and creative thinking are designated.
Among them structural and logical, educational, game methods are called, their short
characteristic is given. Special attention thus is paid on independent activity of students,
definite purposes and problems of this kind of activity. As the leading tasks are allocated: