Mental Structures Research Articles

Mental Health Outcomes and Mental Hygiene in the COVID-19 Era: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Healthcare Workers from a Regional Hospital in Ghana.

PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic is affecting healthcare workers (HCWs) in unique ways which include the risk of infection and subsequent transmission to their colleagues and families, the issue of vulnerability due to lack of PPEs and access to equipment needed to provide best care for patients, moral injury in making triage decisions, the lack of professional and/or social support and psychological burdens during this period. This study thus investigates the mental health outcomes (fear, depression, anxiety, and stress) and mental hygiene among HCWs in Ghana in this COVID-19 era.MethodsThe study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional design.ResultsOur findings revealed a shared count of psychological outcomes among HCWs in Ghana. State anxiety was a prominent psychological outcome among HCWs. Being a female HCW was significantly associated with state anxiety. Correlation analysis showed a positive and significant relationship among all the psychological outcomes at P<0.05 and 0.01. There were no mental hygiene systems and/or structures in place at the regional hospital.ConclusionIt is recommended that healthcare facilities and systems must swiftly implement and establish mental hygiene structures for their HCWs in this period of the pandemic to secure holistic, balanced life, and professional support for HCWs now and beyond this pandemic.

Связь метакогнитивных убеждений и стратегий с выраженностью депрессивной симптоматики в популяционной выборке

The prevalence of depressive disorders indicates the relevance of studying the factors of their formation and course, including in cognition process features and regulation. The aim of the study was to study the differences in the severity of the metacognitive experience (mental structures allowing for involuntary and voluntary regulation of intellectual activity) components of in people with symptoms of depression compared with people without symptoms of depression. Sample: 84 individuals aged 19 to 60 years (M = 25,3; SD = 6,6). Methods: self-rating depression scale by W. Zung (adaptation by T.I. Balashova), a short version of the questionnaire of metacognitive beliefs (MSQ30, adaptation by N.A. Sirota, etc.), differential reflexivity test by D.A. Leont’ev, LaCosta metacognitive behavior self-assessment scale (adaptation by A.V. Karpov). Results. The persons with symptoms of depression expressed introspection (immersion in self-observation) (p ≤ 0,001) and quasi-reflection (going into extraneous thoughts not directly related to life here and now) (p ≤ 0,05), as well as a high frequency of the use of metacognitive beliefs: opinion in the uncontrollability of their negative state (p ≤ 0,001), the need to monitor their thoughts (p ≤ 0,001), self-assessment of their cognitive functions as not working adequately (p ≤ 0,001). The resulting correlations of introspection with a range of metacognitive strategies (conscious decision-making, mental modelling — predicting the consequences of decisions made and building mental models of their knowledge in verbal or figurative form) and dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs (belief in uncontrollable anxiety, cognitive failure) are considered as potential risk factors for depressive disorder, its resistance and instability in remission.

Re-discussing Turkey's mental health structure: Where are we going? (tur)

Re-discussing Turkey's mental health structure: Where are we going? (tur)

Unplugged Teaching: Deepening Information Technology Learning

There has been a decline in the number of public schools in South Africa offering information technology as a subject, yet it holds a special significance in higher level computational courses especially at tertiary level. Learners doing programming in information technology (IT) have difficulties during the initial stages of learning how to design and develop programs due to the abstract nature of the subject and the demands on the use of data structures to establish needed heuristics to solve problems or design solutions. Through the Semantic wave code of Legitimation Code Theory lens, this research aims to address the cognitive aspects of deeper information technology learning especially acquiring the appropriate knowledge structures for program design and problem-solving. The abstract semantics are the cornerstone of information technology as a school subject and their difficulty may cause memory overload, hence the importance of mental structures on how computers work. Through the semantic wave construct of the Legitimation Code Theory, we unpacked unfamiliar settings and repacked the different settings by moving from simpler meanings [concrete] to complex meanings [abstract]. In this work, we discuss issues that make programming more accessible by navigating the abstract semantics using contextualised exploration giving learners’ concretized understanding while placing them in unfamiliar settings requiring creativity. Importantly, this work builds on researched literature and experience as information technology subject specialists explaining how we subject learners through various context and semantic profiles due to the multi-level nature of abstraction in programming.

Homo novus: positive and negative aspects of existence in coronavirus visits

The hypothesis of our study was to find out how strong was the dynamics of Covid 19’s influence on the formation of mental structures, on value orientations, worldview, life experience of homo novus. The study used the method of explication in order to reveal a new concept that has rapidly invaded the measured life of most people on the planet. The picture of the world around us is our experiences, our thoughts, our dreams, which are transformed into a picture-image, which we mostly accept and then imitate, we also model this picture and predict the stages of its improvement, and finally transform, conquering our own desires. It is a complex dynamic process of meanings that acquire universality. The current state of the world of values in the world is too ambiguous and contradictory. It is often characterized by a very capacious concept of “crisis”, forgetting that this is one of the easiest ways to escape from difficulties. Our ideas, developments, thoughts are only tools with the help of which the picture “Exit” will be painted, which will be shown to the whole world by the best minds of mankind under the cover of the actions of the Higher Brain. We try to answer the questions “What was humanity like in the maximum range and how much has it changed in its own minimum range?”, “How useful can it be to use unexpectedly donated time?”, “How did the evolutionary vector of human development reflect on the current generation under the conditions of rampant coronavirus?”. The process of communication, which is engraved in the genetic memory of the Ukrainian people, is considered through the prism of the formation of aesthetic tastes. Typical types of behavior of modern man are also analyzed and readings of Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, Homo novus, Homo technicus, Homo sapiens are presented in a new way, which are motivated by maximization of own time and degree of endurance in the information flow of positive or negative information connected with Covid. The most typical values that need to be developed and maintained in the family at this stage of isolation are identified.

The person between the vertical of spirit and the horizon of soul: Pedagogical processes of personal growing, development and formation in the light of Orthodox anthropology

This article examines the relationship between pedagogical processes of personal growing, development, and formation in the light of Orthodox anthropology. The author makes an attempt to coordinate the concepts of theological anthropology with pedagogical terminology, as well as to harmonize key principles of Soviet, humanistic, and co-Image Orthodox-oriented pedagogy on the basis of an anthropological approach. Particular attention is paid to an attempt to explain the essence of the spiritual and mental structure of human nature without using theological terminology for lay teachers. This is done with the help of the basic metaphors of “spiritual formation vertical” and “mental development horizon”, which make it possible to explain clearly the fundamental differences between the spiritual and mental components of human nature. Spiritual development is seen as a process of human improvement through overcoming moral relativism and temptations by sin and vice, and mental development as an expansion and dissemination of reasonable, volitional, and sensual-emotional forces of a person through the creation of favorable conditions. The formation of a person through external influence on the mental part of human nature is an organized process that balances the spontaneity of the process of mental development. The article makes an attempt to reconcile the patristic doctrine of man and the provisions of modern pedagogical anthropology.

ЛИТЕРАТУРНАЯ КРИТИКА РОМАНА-ЭПОПЕИ А.И. СОЛЖЕНИЦЫНА «КРАСНОЕ КОЛЕСО»: КУЛЬТУРФИЛОСОФСКИЙ АСПЕКТ

The work of the outstanding Russian writer A.I. Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) has a significant cultural and philosophical potential, since it can serve as a source of moral, ethical, philosophical, cultural and other knowledge. In this plane, the corpus of works (fiction-historical and journalistic) of the writer can contribute to the implementation of the tasks of historical and patriotic education, since it contains detailed answers to traditional questions of socio-cultural development, demonstrates the victories and defeats of past generations, depending on the chosen ontological platform. As part of the construction by the author of the cultural-philosophical model of A.I. Solzhenitsyn, the article presents the views of literary-critical researchers on the epic novel «The Red Wheel». In different years, the genre, compositional and socio-cultural features of the work under consideration became the subject of literary criticism, as well as a general literary assessment of the novel, its place in Russian literature was assessed. According to the results of the study, the author concludes that the «Red Wheel» is a documentary and artistic chronicle, since it combines elements of a historical, literary and epic work. The work considered in the article reflects a wide panorama of the socio-cultural life of Russian society in a critical era, when there was a change in the cultural and mental structure of the Russian people formed over the centuries.

ТРОПИ ЯК ЗАСІБ КОНЦЕПТУАЛІЗАЦІЇ ОБРАЗУ «СОНЦЕ» В МОВОТВОРЧОСТІ В. СТУСА

The article examines the peculiarities of the use of tropes as a means of linguistic objectification of the image «the sun» in Vasyl Stus` poetry. It is defined that an ethnostereotype is a form stable mental structures that are enshrined in language and accumulate condensed knowledge of the people about the world, themselves and others, that is created due to the interaction of language, culture and consciousness and have axiological and epistemological functions. Figures of speech as signs of language, thinking and culture reflect the characteristics of the writer’s ethnopsychological identity and are an important tool for modeling the ethnic picture of the world. As a result of correlation of the associative-image system with cultural-national stereotypes, ideas and standards, figures of speech acquire cultural-marked connotations. The analisys of the linguistic explication of Vasyl Stus’s individual-authorial picture of the world shows that one of the productive ethnic constants is the ethnostereotype the sun. The sun in Vasyl Stus` poetry is objectified in metaphors, which reveal the following ethnocultural meanings: a symbol of pagan and Christian God, the All-Seeing Deity and the power of God, which is also realized in the context of God’s judgment; the supreme truth; the source of light, heat and life; the beginning of the world; a pleasant person; inspiration, kindness, greatness. Following the folklore tradition, the writer associates the absence of the sun with death and the decline of nature, old age, the end of a certain period of life. Epithets that characterise the ethnostereotype describe it depending on the time of day (morning, noon, night), seasons (summer, spring), distance from the Earth (high), reflecting the idea of the impact of this light on the life of nature and the mental state of people. The color epithets of the sun (fiery, spring, purple) objectify the belief in the prediction of the weather and the future, depending on the type of light. Oxymoron epithets (midnight, night, cold, black) should be singled out, indicating the significant psychological influence of the sun on a person. The sun as the center of the Ukrainian macro-space is verbalized by the epithets Trypillia, cherry, the sun of Ukraine.

Социально-психологические факторы психологического благополучия китайских подростков

Introduction. The article presents an empirical study that compares the psychological well-being of academically gifted Chinese adolescents with the psychological well-being of their normal peers and examines the socio-psychological factors of psychological well-being of Chinese adolescents. The problematic of psychological well-being as an important resource for the optimal functioning of all the mental structures of the individual necessary for life has always attracted the attention of scholars. The empirical study relies on the existing comparative studies of psychological characteristics of academically gifted and normal adolescents. Materials and methods. The study involved 315 Chinese adolescents aged 13–15 years, including 122 adolescents with signs of academic giftedness and 193 adolescents with normal development level. “The Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being” in Chinese adaptation was used to study the psychological well-being level of the respondents. Results of the study. We studied the influence of such socio-psychological factorsas the presence or absenc e of academic giftedness and the presence or absence of siblings on the psychological well-being of adolescents. It was found that academic giftedness influences only the “personal growth” component of psychological well-being–specifically, the indicators of “personal growth” are higher among academically gifted adolescents. The presence/absence of siblings influences the “purpose in life” psychological well-being component and the overall psychological well-being: psychological well-being is higher among those Chinese adolescents who are the only children in the family regardless of the level of developmentof their abilities. Based on our findings, we note the relevance of developing Chinese adolescents’ academic ability and maintaining a harmonious family environment, especially for adolescents who have siblings. Conclusion. The findings can be used to design and implement programmes aimed at strengthening the psychological well-being of Chinese adolescents.

НАЦИОНАЛЬНАЯ КУХНЯ КИТАЯ КАК КУЛЬТУРНЫЙ КОД. ЧАСТЬ 1

The genesis of the Chinese national cuisine is considered from the standpoint of cultural studies. The authors give a brief overview of its evolution over the centuries and present a modern interpretation of traditional gastronomy to identify the specifics of the cultural code. The authors take a methodological approach considering the national cuisine of China through the interpretation of gastronomic culture. China's national cuisine is presented as both an important historical and cultural heritage and as a significant element of China's everyday culture. Gastronomic culture is defined as a mental structure expressed through various phenomena. Particular emphasis is placed on analyzing the philosophical aspects of Chinese national cuisine and its influence on the formation of the main aspects of the people' s daily life. The specificity of cooking and serving food and the tradition of using chopsticks are highlighted as important to Chinese culture. The authors examine the historical foundations of the Chinese cuisine development and the ways of the imperial cuisine transformation into some modern directions of Chinese culinary culture. Examples are given of the historical nature of imperial cuisine, as well as of the stages of Chinese cuisine evolution over three thousand years. It is noted that due to cultural and historical reasons, Chinese cuisine uses almost everything that nature gives, including exotic ingredients. It is estimated that Chinese cuisine has about 80,000 dishes. Chinese cuisine differs from European and American cuisine, namely because the Chinese eat more vegetables and fewer meat dishes. The article points out that the modern Chinese restaurant business has borrowed some traditions of imperial cuisine evolving over three millennia. In modern China, the traditional dining etiquette during a formal lunch or dinner is observed, the most important part of which is the placement of guests at the table.

Content Analysis of the APOS Theory Studies on Mathematics Education Conducted in Turkey and Internationally: A Meta-Synthesis Study

Studies on the APOS Theory, which was developed within the context of conceptual understanding as one of the main aims of mathematics education, have been increasing in recent years. The content analysis of these studies can be useful both for the development of the APOS Theory and for identifying the needs for future research. This study aimed to review the APOS Theory studies in the field of mathematics education. For this purpose, the studies with national and international samples related to the APOS Theory were subjected to descriptive content analysis, and a systematic summary was presented. As a result of the analysis, three themes, namely the purpose of using the theory, the use of genetic decomposition, and the aim of the study were identified. It was determined that genetic decomposition, which is the main component of the APOS Theory, was not used in 13 percent of the studies reviewed. Although the theory was mainly used for data analysis, it can be said that not using genetic decomposition in data analysis is not compatible with the purpose of the theory. On the other hand, there are descriptive studies (39%) in the literature that determine the mental structures and mechanisms predicted by the APOS Theory rather than the structure of mathematical concepts. It can be said that such studies are weak in terms of the theory’s aim of reinforcing conceptual understanding. As a result, it has been revealed that, the APOS Theory has an important place in concept teaching.

The Concept of Happiness and Its Language-Cultural Properties and Translation Problems in English and Uzbek Languages

Abstract: The article discusses the means of verbalizing the concept 'happiness / baxt both as a universal and nationally specific mental structure in the English and Uzbek languages. Keywords: cognitive and comparative linguistics, concept, lexico-phraseological units, evaluativeness, national-cultural specificity.

Stage practices as a means of self-identification of the Greek ethnic of Azov region

The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the revival of ethnic self-identification by the Greeks of the Azov region by means of stage practices. Research methodology. The historical-cultural method was used (to study the historical period of formation and development of the Greek ethnos of the Azov region); theoretical method (to summarize the data of the material analyzed in the article in order to highlight the main trends of stage practices of the Greeks of the Azov region); structural-functional method (for analysis of the structure of ethnocultural self-identification); cultural-semiotic method (for the study of the method of constructing ethnocultural self-identification as a mental structure through symbolic forms), etc. Scientific novelty. The main constants of ethnocultural identity are studied; the possibility of constructing a positive ethnic identity in contemporary performing arts in general and the ethnic group of the Greeks of the Azov region, in particular, is considered; The peculiarities of the revival of ethnic self-identification by the Greeks of the Azov region by means of stage practices were revealed. Conclusions. Manifestation of ethnocultural self-identification of cultural and artistic practices has a complex semantic and expressive structure and manifests itself as a multilevel system. In accordance with the constructivism and cultural-semiotic approach, the stage practices of the Greek ethnos of the Azov region offer a way to construct ethnocultural self-identification as a mental structure through such symbolic forms as a worldview, ethnic worldview, and artistic worldview. They reflect the consciousness of man and society as a whole, as well as what is important for the Greek ethnic group, and have the greatest potential for building a positive image of the ethnic community.&#x0D; Keywords: Greek ethnos, Greeks of the Azov region, stage practices, ethnocultural self-identification.

Преодоление «языкового рубикона»: версии, ступени и эволюционные механизмы

The most plausible hypotheses explaining the breakthrough of our distant ancestors to articulate speech and consciousness include: rituals of solidarity (singing, grooming, facial expressions, gestures), the role of "labor", teaching children, changes in gender relations, recruiting (mobilization for collective action), laryngeal transformation, brain growth, mirror neurons, neuronal overlap; dominance of coalitions over loners, self-domestication, the need to coordinate decisions; joint intentionality, development of normativity. The concretization of the principle of "cultural drive" leads to the following concept: new environmental, social and communicative challenges and concerns lead to multiple trials; successful behavior is consolidated in group practices, mental structures of participants, and hereditary inclinations with multilevel selection and change of many generations. Overcoming the "language Rubicon" took place in several steps, or stages, in which the structures that have developed to provide concerns lead to new concerns that require new structures. Such concerns as pacifying social order in the group, signaling general discontent, coordinating actions, etc., the following structures emerged: egalitarian coalitions with collective practices of intimidation, sound signals uttered in unison, training and self-training, self-domestication, shared intentionality, and normative rituals. The most plausible versions supplement this concept. Сhoral singing as a ritual of solidarity promoted the ability to imitate and articulate. Mirror neurons and neural overlaps have played the role of providing mechanisms for imitation and association processes. The connection between "labor" and speech was complex and interdependent, mediated by normativity. Recruiting as signals of mobilization for collective action also made its contribution but only under the already established normative order. Social learning is in fact a special ritual of constant trial and adjustment which has grown out of a normative ritual. The establishment of a new order of sexual relations also played a role: under the prohibition of violence and rape it was necessary to involve partners. Speech replaced grooming, and those who spoke clearly, convincingly and/or sang beautifully received benefits in sexual selection. The totality of all these processes reinforced the concerns of mutual understanding which were provided by the rituals of naming with the following multiplication of protowords and further growth of linguistic complexity.

MERDEKA BELAJAR-KAMPUS MERDEKA IN DEVELOPING BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS

Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka is an innovative breakthrough program in building human resources full of creativity and innovation with the aim of being able to compete in the global arena. This breakthrough program policy is seen in the perspective of fostering an entrepreneurial spirit aimed at preparing students to become strong graduates, relevant to the needs of the times, and ready to become leaders with a high spirit of nationalism. Students who are currently studying at tertiary institutions, must be prepared to become true learners who are skilled, flexible and resilient (agile learners). The keywords in entrepreneurship are creativity and innovation. Emphasis on these two aspects can be seen from the learning process. Increasing and even changing the mental structure of students is expected to be oriented to innovation and creativity that have economic value. Entrepreneurial success is a part of the process of creativity and innovation, this is in line with what was stated by Schumpeter (1934) about the destruction of value in an established market structure. Entrepreneurs offer value that can change the structure of an established market. These values are formulated based on creativity and innovation.

Why does mental health care not follow the structuring of primary care?

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE:To verify if primary care teams with better structured primary health care (PHC) attributes could offer better mental health (MH) care.METHODS:Cross-sectional study based on data from the external evaluation of the second cycle of the Programa de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualidade da Atenção Básica (PMAQ-AB - Access and Quality Improvement of Primary Care Program), involving 31,587 primary care teams, between 2013 and 2014. Two typologies were built: quality of mental health care (dependent variable) and PHC structuring according to essential attributes (independent variable). We identified some contents for the construction of the mental health typology (module II of the PMAQ) and performed sums of questions for the categorization of indices. The Delphi technique rendered consensus in four rounds endorsed by experts, following the attributes of PHC structure. Multinomial logistic regression analyses verified the association between the typologies and identified which attribute most contributed to the quality of mental health care.RESULTS:We found out that 29.2% of the teams are at low levels of quality in assistance to MH, while 7.5% of the teams have a low level of structuring the PHC according to essential attributes. Regional differences are maintained, both for the structuring of the PHC and for the quality of mental health care. There was a greater chance of providing care in MH with better quality when the PHC is better structured at a high level (OR = 14.74) and at a medium level (OR = 2.193). A high level of completeness is associated with a high level of Quality of Care in MH (OR = 3.21).CONCLUSION:results indicate a predominance of low levels of quality in mental health care, out of step with the process of PHC structuring and its essential attributes.

MODERN CONCEPTS OF STUDYING PHRASEOLOGISMS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF FRAME REPRESENTATION AND THEORY OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR

In the works of recent years along with pragmatic studies of phraseological units, which are still topical, emerged a confident trend for consideration of the phraseological units from the positions of pragmatic linguistics and cognitive linguistics. This article considers how the structures of linguistic knowledge are presented in human mind and how this mental structures take part in language comprehension and production. Further, frame modelling is analyzed in details, with examples on three languages, as the opportunity of structuring the cognition of meaning of the expressions. Moreover, here is conducted the separate consideration of slots of various frames, their meaning in language and the process of division into subframes; frame notion of metalexeme is also given. On the example of the concept of prominent American linguists is drawn attention to such a feature of phrase as the metaphor, imagery and is stated that metaphor does not extend beyond the sphere of language, but it also covers the sphere of thoughts. After reviewing the carried out works it must be concluded that, phraseology appear in the result of metaphorical transfer, reinterpretation of meaning of free word combinations. In every language the metaphor comes into existence based on the specificities of native speakers’ mindset, which is related to ethnocultural and historical characteristics of country. In the result it is understood that, the majority of reviewed conceptual metaphors are identical in the researched languages. This confirms the fact that, metaphorical mechanism possesses universal nature.

Educare al collaterale. Per una pedagogia dell'evento

The starting point of the article will be an analysis of the adjective “collateral” (from the late Latin collateralis, understood not only as “something that is beside” but also as “what accompanies us”, “is related to”, “is connected to” and “has a common origin” – meanings that we also find in the Greek terms plaghios and synghenes –) conducted through a deconstructive approach. In times of deep crisis such as that caused by a planetary pandemic, the article highlights how to enjoy the fullness of life is necessary an aesthetic education conceived inseparably from the emotional and moral ones. Also, the article will show how the fruition of authentic beauty in human beings is intimately connected with death, time and eros. The latter represent conceptual categories intimately connected and “collateral” (because they have a common origin and always appear “side by side”), and in them lies the possibility of an authentic enjoyment of existence and its beauty. It is death that gives value to life, and it is always death that is at the very origin of the creation of all human values. The possibility of giving value and enjoying the whole meaning of life lies in the acceptance of the inevitability of time passing and the end of existence. However, it is not a matter of a simple Nietzschean amor fati, of the ability to develop resilient mental and psychological structures in the face of adversity and pain of life or to embrace the stereotyped pedagogies of death or resilience. This means to conceive a new pedagogical paradigm that overcomes the concept of “negative” as something deniable and depressing and prospect a new education to life. This education is always receptive and not passive in the face of a negative, painful, or adverse event. In the tyche prospected by the event, this education is capable of finding the “eidos” of an ethical, aesthetic, and moral education understood as openness to life and the endless possibility of the fruition of its beauty in everyday life. The essay will conclude with the definition of the pedagogical principles of what can be called the “collateral education” that can be found in the “pedagogy of the event” and its hermeneutic and deconstructive methodology applicable in different educational contexts.

Meme and cyber sexism: Habitus and symbolic violence of patriarchy on the Internet

This study examines the various sexist practices on the Internet called cyber sexism. The Internet seems to become a new world for patriarchal domination. The amount of content, comments, and memes circulating on the Internet and social media, such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp harassing women, is proof of the patriarchal power on the Internet. This study used a qualitative method with a feminist perspective, collecting memes through Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp. The memes were then reviewed and interpreted to find their meaning. Using Pierre Bourdieu’s habitus theory and symbolic violence, memes were analyzed to find the factors that cause sexism against women and the logical link between sexist practices in the real world and cyber sexism on the Internet. Results indicate that people’s habitus about patriarchy has become a mental structure of society that influences stereotyped behavior and gender bias and plays an important role in sexism on the Internet. The Internet, as an arena, has become the initial capital for men to dominate. Naming and mentioning women in various memes are the forms of symbolic violence against them that form new sexist habitus on the Internet.

A Mental Approach to Digital Transformation of Education

Purpose of the study. The rapid and widespread dissemination of digital technologies in society necessitates the fastest and most effective digital transformation of education. The processes of digitalization of education face difficulties associated with unreasonable updates of the means and methods of electronic and distance learning in traditional methodological systems, the unpreparedness of teaching staff for professional activities in the new realities, laboriousness and large material and intellectual costs. In this regard, innovative approaches are of interest to achieve greater efficiency in the digital transformation of the educational process. The work is devoted to the substantiation of a mental approach that develops and complements the principles of modern didactics in the digital transformation of education, and provides an update of the means and methods of teaching using mental technologies.Methodology and methods. The mental approach is built on the foundation of mental schemes that define reality and a person from the position of his mentality, formed as a result of his individual and collective life experience. In the digital era, the approach determines the mechanisms for achieving new goals of education, such as the formation and development in a person of computa- tional, structural, intuitive, algorithmic thinking. The basis of the mental approach is made up of mental learning technologies that use various subject mental structures, concept and mind maps, suggesting a qualitative and meaningful change and correction of individual knowledge mental schemes. Considering learning with the help of mental schemes and mental models, the principles of mental didactics are formulated.Results. The contours of the mental approach in education, which allows the organization of the educational process on the basis of the means and methods of teaching, based on the foundation of mental schemes of thinking, are outlined. It provides a real opportunity to implement the principles of person-centered learning, for example, through the “transparent” box model, mental learning primitives, inverted resources and transforming resources, as well as mental technologies. The method of algorithmic primitives for the development of structural thinking is described. New approaches to the presenta- tion of electronic educational resources in an inverted form and in a transformer format have been substantiated.Conclusions. The importance of the mental approach manifests itself in several directions: the application of the “transparent box” model in teaching and control of knowledge; the use of teaching primitives to design structural-mental schemes for learning problem solving; crea- tion of personalized educational resources in the format of transformers and inverted textbooks that best match the mentality of the digital generation; the possibility of implementing person-centered learning. The approach allows the formation and development of mental didactics to ensure the effectiveness of the digital transformation of education, facilitates the achievement of the cognitive goals of subject learning and can effectively meet the modern requirements of the digital society for education.