ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION OF THE MODERN TEACHER AS A COMPONENT OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The main stages of formation and implementation of the strategy of sustainable development are considered in this article. It is noted that modern world trends aim national economy to transition to a new ideology of life, ecologically oriented society by forming a high level of environmental education in the interests of sustainable development. In the current year the environmental imperative and paradigm should become the guiding principles in the practice of training specialists in any field of activity, including future teachers. In this context, the essence of environmental education as a necessary component of education for sustainable development is revealed. On the one hand, it must be an independent element of the general education system, and on the other hand, it plays an integrative role in the formation of education for sustainable development. Based on the analysis of the level of environmental education of students of the Faculty of Primary Education and Physical Culture of the Municipal Higher Educationаl Institution «Lutsk Pedagogical College» of the Volyn Regional Council, it is noted that gradual apdaiting of educational content with the inclusion of the ideas of sustainable development in the standards of higher education in Ukraine is necessary to increase the level of environmental education as a component of education for sustainable development. Ecological education in the process of professional training of the future teacher will provide improvement of educational process, will allow to open all potential possibilities of the the New Ukrainian School teacher as the leader of ideas of sustainable development of Ukraine.