Використання потенціалу соціальних мереж у формуванні критичного мислення здобувачів вищої освіти

Abstract

The article identifies the possibilities of using social networks as a means of forming students’ critical thinking in modern conditions of informatization of society. Standard and non-standard ways of developing critical thinking in students with the help of social networks are outlined. Possibilities of using social networks within the problem of forming students’ critical thinking are presented as a universal form for simultaneous solution of such areas of work as patriotic, moral, aesthetic education, organization of professional and cultural-educational activities, formation of culture of self-knowledge and self-regulation, culture of healthy lifestyle and leisure, etc. It is noted that social networks as a means of forming students’ critical thinking are a tool of informal practices in modern informatization of society, which is a kind of creative individual and collective self-expression, promotion and implementation of various projects, expression and argumentation, development of social intelligence, information and psychological culture of users, taking into account the requests of the student audience.