ON THE ROLE OF ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF A SPECIALIST
The article presents the analysis of essential features of ecological and professional education of students at a university; shows the interrelation of the methodology of developing ecological culture and of the formation of a professional competence of a specialist. The author proves the fact that ecological and professional competence is the manifestation of ecological culture of a person in his professional activities. The reasons for the integration of ecological content and professional education of students at the faculties of humanities are disclosed. The author substantiates the idea that the formation of the optimal strategy of interaction between a man and the environment is the most important task of education as a purposeful development of moral and spiritual realm of a person.