PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF ADOLESCENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The aim of the theoretical and experimental study was the theoretical analysis and experimental study of psychological features of the development of ecological consciousness of the individual in adolescence. Based on the study of scientific literature, the structure of ecological consciousness of the individual is distinguished, which is presented as the unity and relationship of cognitive, emotional, need-motivational, value-semantic and conotative components. Research methods. The study used a set of psychological methods and techniques to identify features of the development of certain components of environmental consciousness of students: methods of observation, surveys (interviews, questionnaires), testing, analysis of their attitudes to nature and behavior, and others. Methods of diagnosing the degree of satisfaction of basic needs in the adaptation of L.P. Zhuravlyova and M.K. Romanova, Value orientations by A.I. Motkov and T.O. Ogneva and others were used as the methods. The results of the study are planned to be the basis for the development of a program of psychological assistance to the development of environmental consciousness of students, taking into account the balance and interdependence of components of their environmental consciousness in the system of attitudes to social, natural, personal world. It was found that a much higher level of environmental awareness is formed in high school students who have a natural professional orientation of the individual, compared with those who plan to enter secondary higher education institutions of economic and technical profiles. Conclusions. According to the results of theoretical and experimental research, it is found that the levels of development and content of the components of environmental consciousness of students are determined by their age, gender differences and characteristics of professional orientation of the individual.