Information and Communication Competence of Future Teachers in the Context of Studying the Humanities

Abstract

The article concerns the issue of the development of future teachers’ information and communication competence in the context of studying linguistic and literary disciplines. The model of development of future teachers’ information and communication competence proposed by authors is based on systematic and purposeful individual or teamwork with media content, online tools, programs, and digital apps (PowerPoint, Thinglink, Canva, Glogster, Genially, Mentimeter, Wordart, Padlet, Learning Apps, Wordwall, MindМeister, Flipgrid, Coggle (MindMap), Mindomo, Kahoot! and others). It concerns the search, analysis, assessment, and selection of information; involves the use of ready IT products as well as the creation of own, safe interaction in the information space. It has been tested during the 2021-2022 academic year (130 Ukrainian students). The effectiveness of the authors' model in the process of the result comparing diagnostics of the formation level of the 3rd year students’ information and communication competence at the beginning and after studying language and literature disciplines has been proved empirically. The pedagogical conditions for the formation of future educators’ information and communication competence are defined as the use of ICT in all humanitarian classes and the creation of the information and education environment aimed at the development and improvement of students' digital literacy skills, implementation of online tools; updating of digital resources for the search, analysis, systematization, storage, presentation of information; reproductive, constructive and productive tasks aimed at active use of ICT during education; independent preparation of high-quality media content as the results of individual or group projects.