Theoretical and methodological aspects of developing the methods of schoolchildren’s eco-oriented life activity in the study of cultural landscape

Abstract

Introduction. In the conditions of environmental crisis, ecologically oriented life activity in the cultural landscape is considered as a guarantor of ecological safety and sustainable development of territories. In this context, one of the priority tasks of anticipatory education is the formation of a new type of interaction between man and nature, that implies the awareness of the managerial role and man’s responsibility for preservation of life on the Earth. In this regard, the development of a theoretical justification and methodological tools for the development of ecologically oriented life activity methods in cultural landscape is one of the constructive ways to solve the problem. The aim of the study is theoretical substantiation, development and experimental confirmation of efficiency of ecologically oriented life activity methods developed on the basis of culturally oriented integral situations. Materials and methods. The study involved 70 members of children’s environmental associations aged 12-15 years old. The main survey methods were as follows: analysis of scientific and methodological literature; modelling a system of integral culturally oriented situations; pedagogical experiment based on the original diagnostic methodology including a number of criteria, indicators and diagnostic assignments. Results. The authors developed relevant theoretical and methodological foundations including popular worldview ideas and approaches: cultural-ecological, axiological, environmental landscaping, personalpragmatic, integral-situational – which formed the scientific and theoretical basis for designing a pedagogical technology for the formation of environmentally-oriented life activity methods with the use of integral culturally-oriented situations. The authors present an original method for assessing the maturity level of schoolchildren’s ecologically oriented life activity practices in cultural landscape. The use of this methodology in the activity of children’s environmental associations made it possible to conclude that ¾ of the pupils of experimental groups studying with the use of culturally oriented integral situations have formed due methods of ecologically oriented life activity. Conclusion. The experimental research carried out according to the original methodology have made it possible to confirm the efficiency of theoretical and methodological foundations for the development of ecologically oriented life activity of schoolchildren in cultural landscape.