Socio-ecological discourse in education for the sustainable development of the North regions

Abstract

The article deals with a new position of socio-ecological discourse in educating a younger indigenous generation for the sustainable development of the North regions. The concept “socio-ecological competence” has been disclosed as a key personal quality and a specific behavioral model of a younger generation. This concept provides integrity, interaction, interpenetration of cognitive, pragmatic, emotional, problem-solving stimuli, providing successful gap overcommig between knowledge, skills, and abilities of ecological and social focus, their practical application in the society, which a younger indigenous generation follows. The material for studies is a model of developing socio-ecological competence in the younger indigenous generation in the North regions. The theoretico-methodlogical analysis of the model has been grounded on the leading ideas of the sustainable development of the regional communities. Essential principles of socio-ecological discourse in educating a younger indigenous generation for the sustainable development of the North regions, KhMAD – have been disclosed. A model has been developed and tested, as well as content modules, development levels of the socio-ecological competence have been determined, basing on the principle of the socio-ecological discource parameters fulfillment. It has been proved that social and ecological discource is a key direction for the sustainable development of every district.