Methods and Pedagogical Principles of Socio-Ecological Education of Economists

 Aim of the research is to review the scientific and practical experience of ecological-economic training of students of economic specialties, to determine the essence of key pedagogical concepts of ecological-economic education, to reveal the methods and principles of such training. The relevance of the research is explained by the need to form a sustainable system of training students of economic specialties with a bias towards “green” economy in connection with the new environmental requirements for conducting economic activities. At the moment there is an underdevelopment of this problem in the domestic scientific and pedagogical field.

Methodology. The research was based on the methodologies of personal, activity-based, cultural and socio-ecological approaches. Research methods: classification, analysis, synthesis, generalization, expert assessment, systematization.

Research implications. Theoretical significance consists in the fact that the essence of the concepts of “ecological-economic training”, “ecological consciousness”, “green” economy is revealed; recommendations for the improvement of pedagogical principles and methods of ecological-economic education are offered.

Results. Based on the results of the review of existing literature and generalization of pedagogical experience in the studied area, the key concepts of ecological-economic education of economics students were formulated, including the concepts of “ecological consciousness” and “green economy”; the classification of competencies in the field of “green” economy was carried out; two sets of measures to implement the principles of “green” economy in the process of teaching students of economic specialties were identified; the key principles of socio-ecological education were defined and listed.

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