Issue #1, 2012
PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY, EDUCATION, ECOLOGICAL CULTURE, EARTH SCIENCES
Cultural Premises for the Formation of Ecological Civilization
The most important condition for the formation of ecological civilization is modification the content and target values of culture. Cultural policy should be determined by the tasks as follows: harmonization of social interactions and correlation between the society and environment; ecologization of science, techniques, economics and education. The concept «culture» has not only a sense of estimation, it is being used for reflection and taking in a wide space of phenomenon and processes to open the essence of human being, peculiarities of human\\\'s activity and way of life. It is appropriate to say that culture is an aggregate of various methods and results for the adaptation and organizing people\\\'s vital activity in certain environment. A mastery various experience in different forms is being transmitted from generation to generation determines the essence of culture. What basis the harmonization should be occurred on with the originality and universality, national and universal in culture, we can give an answer — on the basis of sustainable development values. The concept of the sustainable development in this case provides formation the world culture in accordance with the ideas of harmonization of human being\\\'s vital activity, social and socionatural correlation. Key words: human nature, civilization, historical process, ecological culture, culture of sustainable development.
The result of implementation of the concept of a sustainable development (in a key of psychology, pedagogics and akmeology) is defined. Need of studying of the major components of the ecological personality is defined. First of all, of the pro- fessional- ecological culture. Key words: sustainable development, ecological culture, professionalecological culture, personality.
Russian Ecological Policy NonEffectiveness in Absence of Global Ecological Policy
The degree of the defense of the national ecological interests from the threats is depended on the level of ecological safe ty, which guarantee must be the principal goal of ecological policy, which affectivity is depended on the competence of persons, who admit decisions on environmental sphere.
Sustainable Development: About Problem of Transition Quality
The article is dedicated to analysis of main point of sustainable development notion, considering different points of view to decision of ecological crisis overcoming, accenting the role of education as main factor to the new quality transition in «society-nature» system. Key words: sustainable development, ecological crisis, personal ecological world view.
Social Justice And Environmental Ethics
Because of the specific character of environmental problems arising in the process of globalization, the need to address them in accordance with the principles of social justice is started. Justice means strict equality of all inhabitants of land in use of natural resources. The article notes the relationships between equity - social justice and a natural right of a man as a social being, the relationship between social justice and environmental ethics, as well as a need to come out of it during philosophical and sociological understanding and solving environmental problems.
Comparative Сharacteristics of Natural Ecosystems and Antropoecosistem
An analysis of the use of the term «ecosystem» in the modern ecological literature. Comparative characteristics of natural ecological systems and anthropoecosystem from the standpoint of sustainability of the biosphere are considered. Key words: natural eco,system, anthropo,eco,system, agro,eco,system, biospheric functions of eco,systems.
MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
The preclinical and clinical trials of a novel drug containing ultra-low doses of antibodies to cannabioid receptor type 1 (Dietressa®) efficacy and safety in treating obesity are reviewed in the present paper. The effect of dietressa on the body weight gain in experimental animals on high-caloric diet comparable to that of sibutramine was shown. Dietressa also reduced the body mass of overweight patients and in patients with I and II stage obesity. Full toxicological and abuse potential study of dietressa revealed the safety of its use. No adverse events caused by dietressa were registered during the clinical studies. Key words: dietressa, cannabioid receptors, obesity.
HUMANITARIAN SCIENCES
Culturological Approach to Modern Ecological Formation
The role of culture as the source of the modern environmental education and place of environmental education in the culture of modern society are considered. There are formulated the perspectives of cultural approach to environmental education of youth.
Quality Assurance As A System Property Of SelfDeveloping System Of Vocational Education
The development of modern vocational education can not be outside the context of its quality. If we consider vocational education as a selfdeveloping system, its quality acts as its most important property. The subject matter of the article lies in the main directions of the formation of vocational education as a selfdeveloping system. Key words: quality of vocational education, selfdeveloping educational systems, educational institutions of vocational education.
Professional Competence in the System of Future Psychologists Training
In this article are considered various definitions of concepts of competency and competence. From the perspective of a competency building approach the content of these concepts extends to a definition of an ecological competence phenomenon. The structural components of a professional and pedagogical competence of a future psychologist discovered on the basis of a competency building approach allowed to carry out their operationalization and the conception of formation and development of the professional and pedagogical competence of a future psychologist in the field of the professional psychological education was formulated. Key words: definitions of a concepts of competency and competence, training of a psychologist, ecological competence, psychological education, qualification of a psychologist and his functions.
Russian Culture and Art: Course Formation Spiritual and Moral Foundations
Original course «Russian Culture and Art» design and development experience, included in the curriculum, in accordance with the requirements of the third generation GEF is performed. Key words: cultural values of Russia, pedagogical designing, spiritual and aesthetic phenomenon.
The experience of specialists\', bachelors\', masters\' of ecology professional competence formation module designing is given. Block-diagram of the ecological competencies formation is performed. Key words: ecological competence module, competency profile, humanitarian technology.
The article deals with the inductive and educological analysis of innovative possibility researches in the sphere of introduction human technologies from the requested positions of building a multilevel system of higher education in training educators and psychologists to work in the sphere of image way education. The instructive way of improving quality culture of higher education is considered particularly. The functional motivation meaningfulness of activity readiness to realize the maintenance and support as fundamental preconditions forming competences of the meaningful high psychological and educational culture is shown. Key words: human technologies, psychological and educational maintenance and support, innovative education, educology.
The experience of students\' ecological culture formation creative organization in the process of learning a foreign language is given. Key words: ecological culture, creative technology, pedagogical designing.
Formation of Ecological Culture of Students in Pedagogical Higher Education Institution
The article discusses some aspects of environmental education at the Pedagogical University, also presents the rresults of survey of students «Pedagogy and methods of primary education». Key words: environmental education, ecological culture, components of the ecological culture.
Socially-Ecological Competence - a Dominant of Modern Higher Pedagogical Education
This article reveals the essence of the concept of «socio-ecological expertise» and emphasized its importance to higher education teaching. Contents of the paper contain a description of some of the conditions necessary for the efficient formation of socio-ecological competence of future professionals in the field of primary education. Key words: ecological and pedagogical competence, social and environmental competence, ecological culture, еcohumanitarian educational paradigm.
Influence of Ecological Competence on Pupils Consciousness in Establishment for Additional Education
The article presents the results a study of the motivational component of consciousness in adolescents receiving additional training, including development of ecological competence. Explains the different motivational component of consciousness compared with the control group students. Key words: consciousness, ecological consciousness, ecological competence, the impact of nature objects on a man, developing educational environment, motivation.
From the Experience of the Model Space of Development of Ecological Culture of Students
Students should be trained in the ways of self-learning, raising by including them in practical activities of environmental focus, using cultural and existential approaches to designing and modeling of the educational process. The creation of social — pedagogical conditions and psychological and pedagogical formation mechanisms of ecological culture of personality, the involvement of students in the school\'s research laboratory to fully reveal the inner potential of students — their needs, interests, abilities, and develop intellectual and creative abilities at an early stage of general education. Key words: modeling, space development of ecological culture, humanitarian technologies.
Teacher\'s Creative Potential and Students\' Ecological Thinking Formation
Students\' ecological thinking formation approaches through the teacher\' creativity potential development are considered. Key words: ecological thinking, creativity, innovation.