Formation of Functional Literacy in context of Safety of Life Activity
This paper addresses a problem of the formation of functional literacy of population as a guarantee of its safety of life activity. The author points out the importance of the formation of functional literacy for safety of life activity, characterizing at present the quality of life. The structure of safety of life activity is shown. The notion of functional literacy, its structure and functions are presented by the author. The structural components of functional literacy (global forms of literacy and specific ones for concrete country) aimed at forming the components of safe life activity and the рractice of their mastering in Russian education are characterized. The model of functional literacy development in the conditions of changes is shown. New threats to safe life activity in the XXI century and new kinds of literacy as the means to meet them are named. The perspectives of functional literacy development in the period of moving to postindustrial society are considered.