Factors of environmental awareness formation in students

Abstract

The relevance of the study is due to the understanding of the impossibility of solving environmental problems only by technical means and the need for worldview changes in this regard. Today, the problem of environmental awareness belongs to the so-called global socio-philosophical problems studied by world and national philosophy. In today's conditions, it is important to study the dynamics of environmental consciousness, which is seen as a holistic phenomenon that requires a person to have an active attitude towards nature and himself.

The main function of ecological consciousness is to ensure optimisation of relations in the society-nature system, prevention of a global environmental catastrophe, and resolution of the global environmental crisis. Therefore, we cannot underestimate the importance and necessity of developing environmental awareness in the younger generation.

Environmental knowledge is of particular importance for university students as future environmental managers. After all, mastering any profession should be based on the priority role of environmental knowledge and relevant skills, which will allow them to predict the consequences of their professional activities. In addition, it helps to involve students in creative cognitive activities. However, the awareness of modern youth about environmental issues is fragmented and undifferentiated; they are better aware of global environmental problems than of the problems of their local area. A significant number of students consider themselves uninvolved in solving environmental problems. Therefore, the necessary conditions for developing students' environmental awareness should be: understanding their own responsibility for the state of the environment and their dependence on it; developing a system of values that includes nature; developing practical skills and a certain behavioural strategy.

In this context, it is important not only to understand the concept of "environmental awareness" and its structural elements, but also to search for factors that influence its formation in students. After all, only by understanding the specifics of the process of forming environmental awareness in students, it is possible to solve the problems faced by young people on the way to understanding their own place in the world, building environmental behaviour, etc.