NATIONAL AND REGIONAL COMPONENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The purpose is to substantiate the importance of the ethno-cultural component in the educational process, to reveal the reasons for the reduction of ethno-cultural forms of education, to identify opportunities for ethno-cultural education and upbringing of students. Methodology and Approach. The historical analysis of ethno-cultural education in the Volga region is done, as well as the social opinion poll of teachers and students. Results. The presented historical analysis of ethno-cultural education in the Volga region, the results of the survey suggest that public education plays a key role in preserving the ethnic identity of the multi-ethnic region of the Volga region, and the possibility of including the ethnocultural component into school curricula. Theoretical / practical implications. Updating the content of the regional component in accordance with the new needs of the regions sets the task of a flexible training system taking into account regional conditions and national specifics. In the process of ethno-ecological education of schoolchildren they get familiarized with the spiritual and moral heritage and culture of their people, use the ideas and traditions of folk pedagogy that contribute to the accumulation of positive moral and valuable experience in interacting with nature.