Developing Critical Thinking Skills of Students in the Media Environment

As the title implies the article dwells upon development of critical thinking skills of students in the context of digital content dominance. The article aims to provide the reader with information on the features of developing skills required for working with historical texts. The study points to the weaknesses in developing students' critical thinking at Nizhnevartovsk State University (KhMAO-Yugra, Russia). The author discusses theoretical contributions and practical implications. The main idea of the paper is that critical thinking skills cannot develop without information literacy. These skills are closely aligned with information literacy, which has declined because of media environment. Much attention has been drawn to the problem of development of history students' critical thinking skills. The author has read a number of papers and now presents this information as a background of the research. The study presents traditional ways of working that have been transformed in the media environment. This analysis illustrates the peculiarities of working with history students over the past 10 years. Given that over the years 2/3 of students failed to develop necessary skills, the author concludes that it is impossible for all students to develop these skills.