Primary school pupils’ environmental competence formation in the process of mastering the natural field of study

Abstract

The article highlights the features of primary school pupils’ environmental competence formation while mastering the natural field of study through an integrated course ‘I explore the world.’ The features of environmental competence formation, in particular, educational technologies of situational modeling, in primary school, which are related to the need to teach and educate the younger generation, able to coexist harmoniously with nature, rationally use and reproduce its riches, are revealed. It is determined that, in the process of ecological competence formation, pupils’ orientation in the environment, cognitive abilities, and research interests are formed; and the corresponding attitude to nature is brought up.