Pedagogical management to improve environmental education in the context of sustainable development

Abstract

Relevance. The relevance of the study in this research is based on the problems of severe ecological imbalance in the world, which has caused the necessity to update environmental education in the conditions of sustainable development of the educational process in higher education. Purpose. The purpose of this study is to develop a teaching management model for successful eco-oriented learning in higher education students. Methodology. The leading method for investigating this problem is testing using the Sh. Schwartz "Schwartz Values Survey" to investigate personal values based on the identification of essential components of society and personality, considering various problems through existing self-assessments and behavioural traits. Results. The study provides a model of teaching management for the successful teaching of various disciplines within the framework of ecologically-oriented education of higher education students, based on which the teachers themselves should have developed a culture of ecological conservation and a model of analysis of any action with its impact on the field of ecology and with the methodological prerequisites for considering practical examples of ecological conservation at all levels of various disciplines. Conclusions. The established model of teaching management of ecologically-oriented education of higher education students allows to establish conditions of sustainable development for development of high ecological culture with value norms of careful attitude to the environment and all levels of nature, to understand on the deep cognitive-activational level the model of ecological conservation in practice in any of their future activities, both personal and professional, which will allow them to conduct any activity within the framework of ecological and environmental restoration and conservation, which is of practical relevance to the education system and the welfare of society. Keywords: ecological conservation method, teaching system, moral values, eco-oriented education