ФІЛОСОФСЬКІ ЗАСАДИ ТА СТРУКТУРА ЕКОЛОГІЧНОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ ОСОБИСТОСТІ

Abstract

The article attempts to identify and characterize the essence and structural components of the ecological culture of the individual on the basis of analysis of existing problems in the field of environmental education and upbringing.There is certain ambiguity regarding the interpretation of the essence and structure of ecological culture in the scientific literature, where the ecological culture of the individual is usually associated with the following aspects: the responsible attitude of person towards nature; the amount of ecological awareness and beliefs; acquiring skills and experience of solving the environmental problems; ecologically competent activity in the natural environment; the need of communication with nature, care of its preservation; care of own health; civic responsibility for the state of the socio-natural environment.Furthermore, nowadays the ecological issues are comprehensively covered by the culture studies in two directions: as a culture of society and as a culture of personality. From the point of view of the former, ecological culture is treated as a social phenomenon and within the framework of the latter approach the ecological culture is considered to be as an integrative personal quality of the individual, which characterizes the activity and behavior in the socio-natural environment.As the study shows the ecological culture of the person is a social and individual quality of the person, which, firstly, reflects the nature of relation to the socio-natural environment; and secondly, it is revealed in value orientations that motivate the environmental activity; thirdly, it is realized in all kinds of knowledge, transformation and preservation of the socio-natural environment and human health; fourth, it is conditioned by the social mechanism of its formation and development.It is formed as a result of the interaction of objective conditions (the system of social institutions, relations and relationships, which put forward certain requirements before the individual) and subjective factors (socially-predetermined incentive forces of the individual). The analysis of scientific-pedagogical literature makes it possible to distinguish the following main indicators of the ecological culture of the individual: the ecological worldview, value reference, cognitive, moral-legal, sensory-volitional and actionable components.