Abstract
The way to a high ecological culture of a society lies through effective environmental education. Training of citizens with a high level of environmental knowledge, consciousness, and culture based on new criteria for assessing the relationship between human society and nature (not violence but harmonious coexistence) should become one of the main levers in addressing environmental and socioeconomic problems of modern Russia. The research is aimed at analysis of possibilities of environmental education in the upbringing of a humanistic orientation of the personality. Based on an expert survey, the article defines the principles of environmental education, the observance of which is necessary for the correct organization of environmental education in universities, increasing its efficiency in the formation of a humanistic orientation of the personality, and also highlights the structural components of the humanistically oriented personality of a specialist when implementing environmental education. The conclusions drawn can serve as the basis for the development of guidelines for the upbringing of a humanistic orientation of the personality in the process of environmental education. The materials and conclusions of the research can also be used in the practice of teaching pedagogical disciplines at the university. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the identification of the structural components of a humanistically oriented personality of a specialist and the directions of their formation when implementing the environmental education.
Highlights
In the past decade, much attention has been paid in scientific works devoted to the problems of conservation of the environment and harmonious development of mankind to the issues of forming ecological culture and consciousness, informing people about the ecological situation in the world, in the region, in the place of residence, and the awareness of possible ways of solving various environmental problems, with conceptual approaches to the conservation of the biosphere and civilization [1,2,3]
The harmonious coexistence of man with the natural environment is an essential factor of increasing the level of the humanistic status of society, the formation of the humanistically oriented personality of a specialist, characterized by the predominance of socially valuable and personally significant humanistic aspirations, interests, needs in the motivational structure; awareness of the basic provisions of humanism as the ones being socially significant and personally necessary; readiness for humane behavior; a reasonable combination of spiritual and material values; the desire to use their potential for the benefit of people; humane treatment of people [4,5,6]
At the first stage of the expert survey, the experts were asked about the basic principles of environmental education that should be observed in the formation of a humanistically oriented personality
Summary
Much attention has been paid in scientific works devoted to the problems of conservation of the environment and harmonious development of mankind to the issues of forming ecological culture and consciousness, informing people about the ecological situation in the world, in the region, in the place of residence, and the awareness of possible ways of solving various environmental problems, with conceptual approaches to the conservation of the biosphere and civilization [1,2,3]. Training of the qualified specialist who understands tendencies of development of science and can think logically, i.e. to approach versatilely to studying of each phenomenon in nature and society, in perfection knows the nature of the native land ― is a primary goal of higher school and consists in the formation of the holistic person with a priority of universal values [7,8,9]. This is possible only with the training of a humanistically oriented specialist. Humanistically oriented future specialists will be able to solve environmental problems based on scientific knowledge of processes in nature and practical experience, guided by universal humanistic ideals: love and respect for nature ― the foundation and condition of human life, peace, and tranquility [10]
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