Environmental awareness for teachers: A sustainable future

Abstract

The article shows the significance of the formation of environmental awareness of each individual on a global scale. The approach of scientists to the disclosure of the content of ecological consciousness, its structure, and its varieties has been studied. The position of consideration of ecological consciousness is proposed, which is presented from two positions (the first position – based on the acquired experience of ecological being, the awareness of a person's mental sense of personal responsibility; the second position – the phenomenon of ecological consciousness in the "society – nature" system). The main approaches in preparing future primary school teachers for the formation of environmental consciousness are highlighted; principles that ensure the development of environmental awareness of primary school teachers; and components of environmental awareness (technological, managerial, communicative). To verify the formation of the components of environmental awareness among students of higher education in higher educational institutions, an experimental study of the formation of environmental awareness among primary school teachers was conducted and the need for the formation of environmental culture among schoolchildren was proven in primary school when a person develops his personality as a future citizen, which proves the relevance of the selected research topic.