FEATURES OF THE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
In the article an attempt to scientifically identify the characteristics of the education environment is made. It is shown that one of the important education components is the concept of «education environment» is directly related to the concept of «education experience» whereas the environment is understood as a set of conditions for organizing the experience in education. Systemic examination of the phenomenon of the educational environment is one of the important issues in the theory and methodology of higher education. The examination of types of educational environments is related to the problem of the professional competencies development of the students as future professionals in the study process at the higher educational institution since the formation of the student's personality is influenced not only by purposeful study process but also by specific educational environment in which the student is plunged. There is no doubt that the scope and ratio of social experience, object education and individual support are different in different types of educational institutions. The differences depend on the specifics of the educational process, value aspirations and teachers’ pedagogical conceptions. That’s why it is necessary to study different types of educational environments and their influence on the formation of students’ and trainees’ professionally important qualities and the development of their personalities as professionals in general.