THEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL TASK AS A PEDAGOGICAL MEANS OF FORMING THE COGNITIVE COMPONENT OF STUDENTS' ECOLOGICAL CULTURE

Abstract

Today, the formation of an ecological culture among students is one of the most important directionsin modern school education. The paper discussesthe importance and ways of forming its cognitive component. The analysis of theoretical approaches developed in the system of scientific pedagogical knowledge and implemented pedagogical practices in the field of forming students' necessary theoretical ideas about the importance of environmental issues allowed us to identify key guidelines for the development of necessary pedagogical tools, the use of which ensures purposefully achieved results in the formation of the cognitive component of environmental culture of students. In this context, the author focuses on thematic environmental tasks as a productive pedagogical means of forming the cognitive component of the environmental culture of students. Special attention is paid to the ways of organizing their content, as well as the specifics of their application in the educational process, focused on the formation of students' cognitive component of environmental culture. The results of an empirical study are presented as evidence of the expediency of using thematic environmental tasks.