Tendencies of Higher education development in ecology

Abstract

The article discusses the current trends in the development of higher education in the specialty
«Ecology». At present, society acquires an information status, for which information and knowledge
become key. In accordance with this, the paradigm of education also changes. Modernization of
the education and science system in Kazakhstan implies accessibility to each quality education, the
opportunity to acquire new professional skills in college and university, and develop research and
creative competences. For higher eecological education, the most relevant is the formation of a
student’s culture of making environmentally appropriate practical solutions, experience of personal
participation in solving environmental problems in order to improve the quality of the environment.
At the same time, ecological competence as a developing personal property can and should
become an indicator of the level of formation of egocentric ecological consciousness. The article
presents practical experience in creating the educational program «Ecology» in English in the specialty
5B060800 – «Ecology».