Preparation of future teachers for the formation of environmental competence of primary school students

Abstract

The article describes the most actual problems of preparation of future teachers for the formation of ecological competence of junior schoolchildren. In particular, the essence of such concepts as competence, environmental competence, pedagogical conditions of formation are revealed. Relevance of the outlined problem is in the context of paradigm changes caused by the existence of persistent contradictions between existing fundamental scientific achievements, formed by ecologically oriented values of future teachers and their lack of orientation on the future professional activity, defining environmental education as a priority, system-forming factor in the harmonization of cultural and educational spaces, etc.
The competence is shown as a dynamic combination of knowledge, understanding, skills, values, and other personal qualities that describe the learning results based on educational program, and environmental competence as a personal characteristic, the ability of an individual to make decisions and to act in different life situations to reduce the environmental damage. Ecological competence is based on such subjective values as meanings, beliefs, knowledge, skills, volitional qualities of personality and manifests itself situationally in practical activity. An environmentally competent person strives to respond to life situations responsibly and organizes his or her life based on the priority of environmental values. The main attention is given to the content of pedagogical conditions of preparation of future teachers for formation of ecological competence of junior schoolboys. Also, the attention is given to inclusion in the content paradigm of training students of ecological material with the support of integration of ecological and psychological-pedagogical knowledge; use of optimal traditional and innovative forms and methods in the direction of activation of axiological potential of students for the purpose of actualization of needs of younger schoolboys in nature protection activity; organization of the educational process by means of interrelation of theoretical and practical training on the basis of introduction of new educational technologies.