Pedagogical Training of Masters in Ecology in Institutions of Higher Education

The article substantiates the expediency of pedagogical preparation of masters in ecology for forming in them the readiness for teaching the disciplines of professional direction. The scientific sources review on the problem of concept innovative rethinking of modern ecological education is carried out, students' specific teaching principles and environmentally oriented methods are highlighted. The main result of professional education of ecologists should be the formation of an ecocentric type of consciousness, which will allow them to understand the development of nature and humanity as a process of co-evolution, mutually beneficial unity. The results of researches on the problem of pedagogical preparation of masters with highlighting of its contradictions are generalized. The pedagogical conditions of effective pedagogical preparation of masters-ecologists are substantiated, the content of the special course, developed for deepening the pedagogical component of their professional training, is analyzed. The organization, carrying out and results of the ascertaining and formative stages of the experiment on forming readiness for pedagogical activity of masters in ecology are described. The results obtained testify to the effectiveness of the pedagogical experiment.