The Position of Environmental Competence in the Structure of the Practice-Oriented Preparation of Engineering Students

Abstract

The environment is the base for the existence and development of humanity in general. As shown by the history of the development of civilization, it is exactly the relations with nature and the integration of the human being with the environment that formed many cultural views in the social environment. However, the constant development of the technologies declares the lack of the need in the integration of the environment. There is no system of environmental education in the training of specialists in the general context, not only in the form of adaptation to a particular profession. The novelty of the study is defined by the fact that the authors of the paper show the opportunity of forming the environmental culture of future engineers in the general structure of their professional training. They showed the aspects of the structural development of engineers as the main sources of technogenic impact on the environment. They also formed the basic parameters of the environmental activities’ allocation among the engineers and presented the opportunities of increasing the environmental culture based on the introduction of particular pedagogical methods during their training. The practical significance of the study is defined by the fact that the environmental culture in the nearest future will define the opportunities of its own development and the transformation of the entire society in general.