The study of the formation of media literacy in future teachers of social subjects in the process of professional training

Abstract

The article is devoted to an actual problem - the study of the state of formation of media literacy in future teachers of social subjects in the process of their professional training. The necessity of media education of the future teacher in the process of his professional training is proved. The results of the ascertaining stage of the experiment, in which 42 teachers and 384 students of National Pedagogical Drahomanov University, Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University, Sumy State A.S.Makarenko Pedagogical University, of which the control (186 people) and experimental (198 people) groups were formed. Based on the generalization of scientific sources, criteria (cognitive, emotionalvalue, behavioral) and indicators of the formation of media literacy of future teachers of social subjects in the process of their professional training have been developed. Thus, the indicators of the cognitive criterion define: representations that provide awareness of oneself as a selfsufficient, responsible person, an active subject of media education; knowledge of opportunities, ethics, etiquette and principles of interaction in the media space; media competence. The indicators of the emotional-value criterion include: interest in media information; disposition to observe media culture in relation to other members of the knowledge society, the desire to carry out pedagogical activities using media. The indicators of the behavioral criterion are: the ability to work with media information, the skills of analysis and critical thinking, the ability to control and block negative media influences, the experience of using media technologies, the ability to communicate and be responsible for one's actions and deeds in the media space, the ability to selfimprove. To fulfill the tasks of the ascertaining experiment, a set of diagnostic methods was used (questionnaire, survey, interviewing, discussion, unfinished sentence, problem situations, creative tasks, independent characteristics, ranking, peer review, pedagogical observation, business game, study of documents of the educational activities of the University), which contributed to objective and impartial study of the problem. In the course of the study, the levels of media literacy formation in future teachers of social subjects in the process of their professional training were revealed - high, medium, low.