THE ETHNOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF «ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION» IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PEDAGOGICAL SYSTEM OF «GOOD CASES»

Abstract

This article deals with the topical topic «Ethnological concept of «ecological education» in the context of the pedagogical system of «good deeds» based on the activity of the Odessa stanitsa of the National Scout Organization of Ukraine «Plast». The article combines basic knowledge of history, ecology, ethnology, biology and ethno-pedagogics. The main idea of the research is that modern public organizations can carry out mass education and upbringing of all categories of the population, which is based on the combination of ecological knowledge with practical nature conservation and research work.The purpose of the article is to review the ethnological concept of «ecological education» and to analyze the peculiarities of ecological problems in the Odessa region, attempts to involve public children's communities in their solution. The task of this work is to investigate the ethno-pedagogical principles of the activity of the National Scout Organization of Ukraine «Plast», the main methods of raising children as a complex system of personality improvement. The findings are confirmed by the results of our own field studies.The analysis of the pedagogical works of Grigory Vashchenko, Konstantin Ushinsky, Vasyl Sukhomlinsky allows the author to trace the interpretation of the thesis of «good citizen» in Ukrainian pedagogical thought and the modern transformation of this concept into ecological civic education abroad, because, if a person helps others, protects and cleanses natural locations, it corresponds to the moral qualities of a «good citizen». Researchers in the field of history and ethnology V. T. Skurativsky and D. K. Zelenin, describing folk traditions, highlight unique processes of self‑organization of ukrainians, varieties of social mutual assistance in the community, which had an ecological orientation.Educational purpose of Plast’s lessons is hardening the traits of the character of the child: endurance, speed, durability, ability to withstand various tourist tests, difficult transitions, the ability to properly assemble backpacks, put tents correctly, to place the camp properly.In the conclusions, summarizing the Plast’s narrative and exploring the skills that pass the plastuns, the author found the following environmental motives: nature conservation, elements of natural science, purification of the earth from chemical and plastic waste. Nature and love for it are not only a kind of ethno-pedagogical microfactor of child upbringing, but also a prototype of a much broader context - the Motherland. The methodology of Plast’s education contributes to the emergence of the following ecological motives: love for nature, care for the environment, clearing the area from debris.