Theoretical and methodological principles of ecological competence formation in the primary school children.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the present problem of ecological competence formation in the younger generation; considerable attention is paid to theoretical and practical approach to its formation. The authors have identified and described the essential characteristics of the environmental expertise content; they emphasize the necessity to introduce environmental excursions into the educational process at secondary schools in order to increase the level of environmental competence of the primary school children. The article represents the results of the research which demonstrate the level of formation of this personal feature among the primary school children.

Key words:

ecological competence, sustainable development, ecological path.