CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION WHILE SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF SOCIETY

Abstract

The article presents results of the methodological analysis of cultural and educational functions of pedagogical education and highlights their role in solving environmental problems of society. The new paradigm of pedagogical education (ecologically oriented and axiologically assured) is described and justified, and it is this paradigm which should be guided by the fruitful interaction of knowledge and morals, should take care not only of the cognitive development, but also of the value-emotional sphere of the teacher’s personality. The conditions for the implementation of the cultural approach to the formation of the teacher’s eco-social potential are identified.