Sustainable Development Concept Implementation in Environmental Education

Alla A. Marchenko, Alla A. Korzhanova, Galina A. Kamalieva, Ivan A. Sharonov, Marina G. Lichutina, Sergey S. Sharov, Olga V. Vashechkina, Petr K. Varenik

Ekoloji, 2019, Issue 107, Pages: 219-227, Article No: e107076

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Abstract

The urgency of the study is due to the fact that on the threshold of XXI, humanity faced a global civilization and environmental crisis caused by the spread of Darwinism, natural philosophy and anthropocentrism, the formation of techno-gene civilization and a consumer society. The solution of the problems connected with this is possible only on the basis of creating a new humanistic rational biosphere and noosphere-based world outlook and forming on its basis an individual and social consciousness. The primary role in this process is given to the education system, which must be appropriately reformed on the basis of sustainable development concept, reflecting the current trends in the development of human civilization in order to preserve its existence in harmony with the natural environment. The study purpose: this article is aimed at analyzing various approaches to modern environmental education, factors of its effectiveness in the context of sustainable development concept’s implementation. The study results: it is established that modern environmental education should be focused on the formation of a humanistic co-evolutionary consciousness and spiritual and moral foundations of the noosphere era’s human capable of creating conditions for the ecological, economic and social sustainable development of civilization with harmonious interaction with the biosphere and socio-sphere. Based on the analysis of the relevant scientific literature, the article highlights the main factors of the effectiveness of environmental education in the framework of sustainable development concept, such as integrity, humanization and environmental self-training and self-upbringing, as well as their content is disclosed. Practical significance: The materials of the article are of theoretical and practical value for the development of educational and methodical complexes on ecology and ecological pedagogy, teachers’ training and retraining programs, as well as programs aimed at the formation of new environmentally appropriate ideological and value attitudes among modern youth.

Keywords

environmental education, sustainable development, biosphere, socio-sphere, noosphere, efficiency

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