THE IMPACT OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT
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https://doi.org/10.18316/rcd.v17i45.12421Keywords:
higher education, sustainable development concept, socially and environmentally oriented competencies, socio-economic and environmental developmentAbstract
Modern global challenges include growth of environmental tension, irrational use of finite resources, which is due to constantly growing needs of society and the need to use resources to meet them. The sustainable development concept is global strategy for overcoming many problems of humanity and the direction for achieving social, economic and ecological balance. Higher education plays an important role in shaping consciousness of humanity about relevence of effective and conscious use of resources and ecological culture of the population. It is possible to strengthen the impact of higher education by implementing the sustainable development concept by introducing socially and environmentally oriented competencies of students, which will contribute to implementation of sustainable development principles in their future professional activities and everyday life. The purpose of the study is to identify the impact of higher education on implementation of the sustainable development concept through formation of socially and environmentally oriented competencies of students of higher education institutions. In the article, the methodology of the system-process approach is used, which makes it possible to consider specific features of higher education and sustainable development as processes of different nature using various methods of scientific knowledge and to determine their systematicity and mutual influence . Shortcomings inherent in the content, composition and implemention of educational programs at the level of higher education institutions are identified, regarding intensification of formation of professional socio-ecologically oriented competencies in students of higher educational institutions to ensure implementation of the sustainable development concept. Using the integrated approach in higher education institutions is justified, which covers theoretical and practical training of students in acquiring socio-ecologically oriented competencies , which includes development and implementation of educational programs that contribute to formation of necessary technical skills for specific professions, interdisciplinary knowledge that supports broader understanding of environmental processes, and normative competencies related to environmental awareness and values of sustainable development. Stages of organizational support for professional development of young specialists to implement the sustainable development concept and stages of formation of students' socio-ecological competencies are identified.
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