Chernovol N. The formation of ecological competence of students of higher technical educational establishments within the process of technological practice

The thesis deals with determination and experimental verification of pedagogical conditions of formation of ecological competence of students of higher technical educational establishments within the process of technological practice taking into consideration peculiarities of formation of ecological education (formation of skills of self-independent work within the process of practice namely cognitive skills during excursions and observation skills; existence of appropriate courseware; improvement of content of working programmes of technological practice adding the following chapters: "Problems of production ecopedagogics",and "Engineer's ecological competence"; elaboration of elective (optional) special course "Principles of ecological psychopedagogics"; formation of students' innovation competence). The model of formation of ecological competence of students of higher technical educational establishments within the process of technological practice has been elaborated.