The importance of Ukrainian ethnic culture for the formation of ecological-oriented behavior of primary school children

Abstract

The article identifies the importance of Ukrainian ethnic culture for the formation of environmentally-oriented behavior of primary school children. The ecological and educational potential of Ukrainian folk culture and pedagogical experience of its use are clarified; the essence of the concepts "Ukrainian ethnic culture" (culture created by the Ukrainian ethnic group for a long historical time, passed down from generation to generation), "tradition" (a concept that defines various forms of past influence on the present and future of the Ukrainian people), "custom", Ukrainian folk remedies and methods of influencing the personality of primary school children are identified and characterized. The peculiarities of ecological traditions of the Ukrainian ethnos are determined, which are combined into two types: 1) based on reason and appropriate motivations in the form of desire for good, duty, justice, respect for natural rights, 2) traditions based on feelings and motivation in the form of sympathy, pity, love, care, etc. The concept "custom" (involvement of people in the social and cultural experience of the Ukrainian people and its transmission from generation to generation) regulates relations between people, maintains community cohesion.