Ways to use the ideas of synergy in environmental education

Abstract

The article reveals methodological approaches to the implementation of environmental education in secondary and higher schools through the theory of self-organization (synergetics). Synergetics refers to an interdisciplinary theory and can be used to integrate natural science and humanities disciplines. Since
the science of ecology is closely related to various sciences, a synergistic approach can be effectively used in environmental education. The ecological problems of the planet Earth are studied from the standpoint of the
theory of self-organization. The article investigates the process of formation of ecological consciousness and culture of students.
The article considers ways of forming students’ synergetic-ecological picture of the world. It reveals tasks of elective courses in schools and universities aimed at the development of their worldview.