Technical universities students’ readiness for eco-oriented values development

Abstract

The article discusses issues related to assessment of readiness of students of a technical College to form the foundations of ecological culture. Emphasized that the problems of modern society due to the long dominance of an anthropocentric attitude towards nature. Increasing anthropogenic pressures are often based on artificial heating of consumer demand. It is shown that the formation of eco-friendly values is impossible only through the educational process. The data of sociological survey of 183 students of the Samara state (133 boys and 50 girls) aged 17 to 22 years, who have not studied ecology. The impact of students on the environment assessed according to the method of the «ecological footprint» proposed by William Reese in 1992: in terms of consumption and way of life, only 16% of girls and 20% of boys fit into one planet. It is marked that a key moment in the formation of environmental culture is the choice of information sources. Revealed the following patterns of circulation the youth audience with information that the students prefer as information sources, television and online media, but trust more tutorials - 84% of girls and 70% boys; in the modern media for environmental information is presented in a minimal volume that shows the development potential of this mechanism of formation of ecological culture. Girls interested in the environmental, food safety, housing; tackling environmental issues at the level of educational institutions; environmental problems and their solutions in the region of residence. Men prioritize the following topics: activities of public ecological organizations and movements; scientific achievements in the field of ecology; global environmental issues. Only 50% of girls and 37% of boys consider themselves to be environmentally educated.