Infographics in social studies lessons as a tool for developing reading literacy

The relevance of the research topic is due to the deep crisis in the field of reading in Russian society. The purpose of this study is to analyze infographics as a tool for developing reading literacy in social studies lessons, develop infographics on some topics of the 10th–11th grade social studies course and present techniques for working with it. The object of the research is the teaching of social studies, and the subject is innovative techniques based on the example of using infographics. The modern world is a world of texts, and they surround a person everywhere. A person needs not only to be able to read, but also to be able to critically comprehend and apply the information obtained from the text in practice. In this regard, the development of reading literacy plays an important role in the formation of citizens capable of analysis and critical thinking – this is one of the most urgent tasks of a modern school. The research used the method of theoretical analysis of scientific publications, which allowed us to study existing approaches to the definition of the concept of "reader's literacy", its content and methods of its formation among students. In the process of teaching, a pedagogical experiment was carried out, which confirmed the effectiveness of the development of reading literacy among students using various types of texts and innovative tasks. This study presents the author's infographics and some techniques for working with it, as well as an analysis of scientific papers on the problems of formation of reading literacy, clip thinking of modern schoolchildren. The article discusses the advantages of infographics as a tool for developing reader literacy in social studies lessons. The practical significance of this research lies in the fact that those developments that were prepared in the process of conducting research can be used at school in social studies lessons in grades 10-11, as educational tools, and the conclusions that were drawn as a result of the work done can be useful not only for social studies teachers, but also for teachers of other disciplines, as they can contribute to the expansion of the tools they use in their lessons in the process of forming reading literacy.

Social Science, reading literacy, clip thinking, infographics, working with infographics, resources for infographics, innovative techniques, multiscreen, worksheet, learners