THE FORMATION OF STUDENTS' ECOLOGICAL WORLD OUTLOOK

Irina S. Zimina¹*,Svetlana A. Mukhina²*, Olga V. Polozova³*, Olga A. Makarova⁴*, Maria N. Gavrilova⁵*, Olga A. Yagdarova⁶* and Viktior M. Sakir⁷*
¹Senior lecturer, Mari State University, Russia, irinaSBzimina@yandex.ru
²As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, zaslonka@inbox.ru
³As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, polozovaolga1@mail.ru
⁴As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, mbdibg@yandex.ru
⁵Prof., Mari State University, Russia, mashagavriliva@mail.ru
⁶Prof., Mari State University, Russia, berdniko1984@mail.ru
⁷Senior lecturer, Mari State University, Russia, mashagavriliva@gmail.ru
*Corresponding author

Abstract
The era of co-evolutional interaction of a person and the world around requires a new personalized way of axiological perception of nature, the world around and acts as a prerequisite for the mankind’s survival and its preservation as a biosphere constituent. The main purpose of young people’s ecological worldview formation is to reveal a person’s place and role in socio-natural and spiritual contexts of the world around in the process of socialization, education and upbringing. The formation of environmental culture in a modern era is unthinkable without education humanization. The study showed that more than 90% of graduate students prioritize the nature over other things in their life. The determination of a person’s place and role in the socio-natural world and an insight into the environment help students unleash their inner potential. The important place among these problems is occupied by the issues of the environmental situation improvement in regions. The level of environmental culture awareness does not determine the degree of its development; without changing the human mind, environmental culture will not be adequately formed. It is important to properly organize the environmental education process itself.

Keywords: ecological worldview, environmental competence and competency, environmental education and upbringing, coevolution, environmental culture