A study of the environmental culture of students of technical universities

Industrial University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia

Abstract

Environmental culture is the main factor in the organization of an environmentally oriented specialist. It is the environmental culture and consciousness of the specialist that is the key to their practical readiness to treat the environment responsibly and take enviro-oriented decisions using the received knowledge. Consequently, the matter of the development of environmental culture of the student is a relevant research topic. Students, who are future professionals, must clearly understand the level of their impact on the environment, have proficient knowledge in the field of environmental science, and use it as a basis for decision-making. For that purpose, we conducted research on the environmental culture of the students of technical faculties. According to the received data, we identified several problems. Supported by the earlier research of scientists in this sphere and personal opinion of the authors, we proposed practical methods of raising the students’ environmental culture which can add to the existing knowledge in this sphere. The results of the research are presented in this paper.