EVOLUTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
Background. With the advent and development of information technologies and their penetration in education in the scientific community to renewed interest in the concept of the educational environment. The purpose of this paper to trace the development of the concept of "educational environment" due to the ingress of information and communication technologies. Materials and methods. The work is the analysis of the multifaceted concept of education in order to validate the term educational environment. The evolution of the educational environment is considered in conjunction with the evolution of mankind. Results. As a result of analysis and synthesis of identified components of the educational environment of historical epoch Humanity. Conclusions. Thus, the expansion of the medium can determine the development of education in its onward course. Expansion of the medium leads to the fact that the environment for thinking becomes, thanks to scientific and technological progress, constantly developing world.