FINANCIAL LITERACY OF STUDENTS AND ITS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING METHODS

Abstract

Improving the financial literacy of the population is one of the priorities for both the state and market participants. As part of the implementation of this task, the Government of the Russian Federation has approved a Strategy for improving financial literacy in the Russian Federation for the period 2017-2023, the most important goal of which is to increase financial literacy of young people. The article presents data from a study conducted by the Analytical Center of the National Agency for Financial Research (NAFI) at the beginning of 2022, which indicate insufficient financial literacy of the population, especially young people. In order to increase the level of financial literacy among first-year students of all areas of training at Udmurt State University, the Department of Finance and Digital Economics developed and introduced into the educational process a work program on the discipline "Financial Literacy", and then a synthetic course "Digital Economy and Financial Literacy". The article discusses interactive educational methods that expand the possibilities and ways of presenting the material of the discipline "Financial Literacy", contribute to improving the effectiveness of the educational process. In addition, an analysis of the advantages of the free learning management system - Moodle, used at Udmurt State University, aimed at interaction between subjects of education, both in distance and in full-time format, is carried out.