Implementation of the "environmental imperative" in the framework of educational work at the university
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25726/k9572-2580-2592-tKeywords:
ecological education, ecological culture, moral and ecological norms, ecological consciousness, professional training, university.Abstract
The rapid destruction of the environment in the XXI century has become one of the most dangerous trends discussed at the level of the world community. Climate change and the floods, droughts and other natural disasters caused by this factor, soil depletion, water scarcity, and the threat of famine-all this suggests that the natural habitat of man is rapidly being destroyed. Unfavorable conditions associated with the deformation of the natural eco-system, pollution of the natural environment and depletion of resources become a factor of human survival and complicate the conditions of his life. The article is devoted to the problem of environmental education of university students as an integral part of their professional training. The results of the author's six-year work on environmental education in the framework of the project "Green University", implemented at the Moscow University for the Humanities, are presented. The didactic principles of this work - sociality, scientific character, subjectivity, dialogicality, problemativeness, unity of existence, cognition, action, obligation, complexity, equivalence-are shown, which are reflected in the corresponding content and organizational forms.; the methodological foundations of this work, set out in pedagogical concepts, theories and approaches, are determined; its levels - organizational, educational, educational, social, scientific, educational-are highlighted and presented in a meaningful way; the influence of the eco-oriented educational environment of the university on environmental education is shown, its elements are highlighted: the scientific and pedagogical traditions of the university, its teaching staff, infrastructure.
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