COMICS IN EDUCATION: A NEW LOOK AT FUNCTIONALLITERACY DEVELOPMENT

The article is devoted to the study of the potential of a historical comic book as an innovative tool for developingstudents’ functional literacy. The relevance of using visual-textual formats in educational practice is substantiated,especially in the context of the need to improve reading and critical litФeracy. Based on the analysis of a pilot pedagogicalexperiment, it is shown that a historical comic book contributes to the development of students’ skills in meaningfulreading, analyzing historical information, establishing cause-and-effect relationships, and understanding the past.The article presents research methods, a description of the experimental work, and recommendations for integratinghistorical comics into school programs. The results can be useful for teachers, methodologists, and textbook authors whoare interested in modern approaches to teaching history and developing functional literacy.