GAME TECHNOLOGIES OF TRAINING LEGAL DISCIPLINES

The article analyzes the possibilities of using gaming technologies in teaching legal disciplines. The theoretical foundations of gaming technologies as a tool for professional training were described. On the basis of the methodological and pedagogical literature, the advantages of using gaming technologies in teaching legal disciplines were highlighted: the possibility of forming and developing students' professional legal competencies; during the educational game, college students activate their intellectual activity, they master various legal skills and abilities; educational games allow simulating various kinds of professional situations, that is, students learn to solve professional problems, to act in non-standard situations; game technologies develop students' ability to interact with other participants in the educational, and in the future, production process. Further, the article analyzed the experience of college teachers using this educational technology when teaching the discipline "Jurisprudence" to 1st year college students. With the use of gaming technologies in the educational process when students of the 1st year of study of the discipline "Jurisprudence", their academic performance increased