FUNCTIONAL LITERACY AS ONE OF THE NECESSARY COMPETENCIES OF A TEACHER

Abstract

The article examines the essential characteristics of functional literacy, its components, levels of development and ways of formation. The structure of functional literacy is defined and components of necessary competences, which will promote the increase of level of functional literacy, are allocated. Relevance of this issue at the present time on the basis of studying official documents of the Russian Federation is grounded. The structural and functional model for the development of functional literacy of teachers in conditions of the professional development system is described. Levels of functional literacy formation and conditions of work on its development are considered. Scientific novelty of the study is highlighted and the practical significance is defined. The results of the study can become the basis for improving the process in the formation of functional literacy of teachers. The results of the experiment involve determining the effectiveness of the implementation in higher education of a model for the development of functional literacy of future teachers.