ECONOMIC PREREQUISITES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECOLOGICAL CULTURE OF FUTURE TRANSPORT PROFESSIONALS

Abstract

Abstract. The aim of the article is to study the economic prerequisites for the development of ecological culture of future transport professionals and analyze foreign experience of ecological education of students to adapt their best practices to Ukrainian realities and productive use of achievements in training future transport professionals. The theoretical significance of the article is to determine the economic prerequisites for the development of ecological culture of future transport professionals; to summarize the results of theoretical and comparative analysis of ecological education in foreign countries, establish opportunities to adapt best European practices in the educational context of Ukrainian realities; to determine the preconditions for the development of ecological culture of students of vocational and pre-higher professional educational institutions; to reveal the challenges facing the field of vocational education and training in foreign countries, which address the greening of education. The practical significance of the article is that based on the study of foreign experience, the authors offer recommendations for the introduction of foreign experience during the process of development of ecological culture of future transport professionals in Ukraine. It was found that the state of ecological consciousness of society directly depends on the economic prerequisites for the development of ecological culture of future professionals in various fields of industrial production, the state’s attitude to the development of ecological culture of every citizen. The level of ecological culture of society is positioned as one of the determining factors of economic development of the state, health of the nation, unity of positions on preservation of the natural environment, prevention of its pollution by harmful wastes of production and human life. The study proved that encological education is designed to provide future professionals with scientific knowledge about the relationship between nature and society, to help understand the multifaceted importance of nature for society in general and each person in particular, to form an understanding that nature is the basis of human existence and sugnificant part of nature, to cultivate a conscious and caring attitude to it, a sense of responsibility for the environment, to develop creative activity for the effective use, restoration and protection of the environment. Keywords: ecological culture, economic culture, vocational education, pre-higher professional education, foreign experience, transport professionals, green economy. JEL Classification I25, Q50 Formulas: 0; fig.: 0; tabl.: 0; bibl.: 13.

Keywords

• ecological culture
• economic culture
• vocational education
• pre-higher professional education
• foreign experience
• transport professionals