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L. M. Andryukhina
Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia. E-mail:
andrLM@yandex.ru
N. Yu. Fadeeva
Gerard de Negri
Higher State Mining School, Ales, France.
E-mail: adorebach@outlook.fr
Abstract. Introduction. A high level of ecological culture in modern society is
the most important condition for self-preservation and sustainable development of
human civilization. The processes of globalization make it necessary to consider
environmental problems based on multicultural practice, to take into account national
and regional characteristics in their integrity and totality, which requires international
cooperation not only at the government level, but also at the levels of expert
communities, individual strata of society and specific citizens. This is indicated by
numerous studies, materials and documents of international forums, summits and
conferences of the UN and UNESCO.
The purpose of this publication is to present the author's didactic set of means
for developing the ecological culture of students and to demonstrate the potential of
teaching foreign languages (on the example of French) to form the ecological culture
of students through the development of intercultural communicative competence.
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Methodology and techniques. When creating an integrative model for the development of ecological
culture, the culturological approach was chosen as the leading one. During the work, a systematic analysis of
the content of environmental education was used; generalization of the theory and practice of implementing
international strategies for the development of environmental culture and analysis of the effectiveness of
pedagogical technologies designed for this purpose; modeling the process of formation of ecological culture
of students. Diagnostics of the components of students' ecological culture was carried out with the help of face-
to-face questioning, observation, and comparative analysis of students' group interactions. A pedagogical
ascertaining experiment, methods of pedagogical design of the forms of organization of the educational
environment, design of the educational program, methods of graphic presentation of the research results were
also involved.
Results and scientific novelty. The principles of development of ecological culture are singled out. It
is substantiated that intercultural communication becomes the main mechanism of this development in the
global world. A selection was made of the most productive, from the point of view of the authors, innovative
pedagogical technologies for the formation of students' environmental competence. On the basis of the personal
data obtained, the factors contributing, according to the students, to raising the level of individual environmental
culture were identified. It turned out that the greatest value of students
An integrative didactic model for the formation of students' ecological culture is proposed, the
backbone of which is intercultural communication. On the basis of the model, the educational program of the
course "Development of students' ecological culture in the process of intercultural communication in French"
was designed; the results of its approbation are described. Practical significance. The materials of the article
can be useful for improving the content of the discipline "Foreign Language" and in general the educational
process in higher education, aimed at developing the environmental culture of students. Key words: ecological
culture of students, integral didactic model of development of ecological culture of students, sustainable
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L.M. Andryukhina
N. Yu. Fadeeva
Ural State Federal University named after the First President of Russia BN Yeltsin,
Yekaterinburg, Russia.
E-mail: natafadeeva2000@mail.ru
Gerard De Negri
UNESCO.
The aim of this publication is to present the authors' didactic complex of development tools of
ecological culture of students, and to show the potential of teaching foreign languages (on the example of
French) for students' ecological cul ture formation by means of development of cross-cultural communicative
compe
tension.
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For citation: Andryukhina LM, Fadeeva NY, De Negri Gérard. Develop ment of
ecological culture of students in the process of intercultural communication in
foreign language. The Education and Science Journal. 2017; 8(19):47–74.
DOI: DOI: 10.17853/1994-5639-2017-8-47-74
Introduction
The importance of human ecological culture in the 21st century is increasing
many times over. The problems associated with its formation are raised in the works
of E. V. Girusov, S. N. Glazachev, V. A. Kobylyansky, E. A. Kogai, I. K. Liseev, N. N.
Mamedov, E. S. Markaryan, N.N. Moiseeva, I.N. Remizova, and many others. In
pedagogy and psychology, the problems of environmental education and upbringing
were studied by S.D. Ignatova, D. N. Kavtaradze, N. M. Mamedov, G. A. Yagodin, V. A.
Yasvin and others.
Literature review
Conducted analysis of the implementation of leading international strategies
showed that within the framework of each of them a wide range of means and
methods of educational activity has been developed and continues to be improved,
which are of direct importance for the development of ecological culture. Let us
reveal this process in more detail, focusing on one
on the one hand, on the proposed and used new methods and technologies, and on
the other hand, on the importance within the framework of each of the strategies
assigned to the role and forms of intercultural communication.
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The adoption and implementation of the principles of sustainable development means the
integration in the field of education of the best domestic achievements with the progressive innovations
of foreign countries. Thus, in the Khanty-Mansiysk recommendations on the implementation of the
Global Program of Action on Education for Sustainable Development, it is noted that it is necessary “to
take into account the main trends and foresights of modern education (online learning, etc.) in terms of
the goals and objectives of ESD... contribution
to promote the dissemination of the best pedagogical practices in the implementation of development
programs for educational institutions, the implementation of network cooperation, taking into account
the principles of sustainable development in partnership with leading Russian and foreign
organizations”2.
Development of ecological culture within the framework of the strategy of education throughout
a person's life. As stated in the international documents of the UN, ESD is a process that continues
throughout life, from early childhood to higher education.
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education and adult education, and goes beyond formal education1. Pedagogical
forms of integration of formal, non-formal and informal education are becoming
a priority in the development of ecological culture. As part of the implementation
of ESD, we propose a "Local Agenda-21", in chapter 28 of which calls for local
administrations to develop their own action programs for the transition to
sustainable development. Each local government
the same significant expansion of the field of activity due to social networks
mining and intercultural communications.
Development of ecological culture within the framework of the strategy of
global education. The active use in recent decades of the concept of “global
education” is associated both with strategic initiatives
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UNESCO, and with the practice of building a new type of organization and content
of education that meets the challenges of a globalizing world.
Global education is designed to enable all young people to participate in
building a better common future. This education is based on the recognition of
cultural diversity and at the same time the unity of human society, the interdependence
of all its members; it should develop the self-esteem of the individual, contribute to
the establishment of social justice and human rights, the formation of civil
responsibility for one's actions, the strengthening of peace in order to achieve the
sustainable existence of civilization. The strategy for the development of global
citizenship education (Global Citizenship Education) proposed by UNESCO is being
actively implemented in many countries today and is “overgrown” with new
pedagogical technologies and forms of organization of the educational process1.
Among the principles and basic forms of the educational process in global civic
education, the leading place is given to intercultural communication.
ramie;
• there is a liberation from stereotypes of perception, and there is an
opportunity to see a more voluminous picture of life, to form
open thinking, to get through personal contacts with other people a deeper
understanding of how the world works;
• in the process of learning in the global class, real
or virtual interaction with partners of all ages;
• thanks to the well-established feedback from students
comrades from different parts of the world, there is an opportunity to share their
ideas, jointly develop and implement educational projects;
1 Global Citizenship Education. Preparing learners for the challenges of the twenty-
first century Education Sector United Nations Cultural Organization Published in 2014 by
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy,
75352 Paris 07 SP, France © UNESCO 2014. P. 45 .
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• assessment and recognition of the results of students' creative activities are carried out promptly,
in real mode through blog posts, videos, images, etc.; • participation in global events and joint work
contributes to the formation of such qualities as open-mindedness, solidarity, responsibility, respect for the
• learning from ready-made textbooks is being replaced by interaction and collaboration with others
in the process of finding information to solve real problems. During this joint work, students can write
textbooks themselves [11].
Environmental education and environmental values organically fit into the structure of global
education and can be developed based on pedagogical approaches developed within the framework of this
strategy.
technology.
Communication rightly considers the study of foreign languages, which are not only a means for working and
interacting with people of different nationalities, but also the basis for understanding one's social identity,
developing one's own intellect (as a measure of understanding the surrounding reality), and acquiring the
qualities of a citizen of the world. It is no coincidence that the initiators of the organization and development
of intercultural communication in the education system were teachers of foreign languages. It is they who are
actively developing pedagogical technologies for the formation of intercultural communication today.
active competence.
The concept of "intercultural competence" arose in the early 1970s, when the problems of overcoming
ethnocultural centrism and the formation of a tolerant attitude towards another culture and its values became
relevant. In the context of the study of these problems, intercultural competence began to be considered as
“a complex of analytical and strategic abilities that expands the interpretative spectrum of an individual in the
process of interpersonal interaction with representatives of another culture” [12]. The creation of various
models of intercultural communicative competence and the study of this phenomenon were carried out by
such Russian scientists as
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generosity;
• gives the effect of novelty and surprise, which inevitably accompanies
acquaintance with another culture and becomes a stimulus for the development of thinking
because consciousness is removed from the state of balance of everyday meanings and is capable of self-
creation and self-construction
ing;
• contributes to the formation of subjectivity and at the same time
a theoretical understanding of the norms and values of one's own culture;
• serves as an incentive for the formation of new cultural meanings and prices
ness due to the dialogization of the relations “I am the Other”, “I am the Other culture”.
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• unleash the potential of teaching foreign languages for the formation of students' ecological
culture through the development of intercultural communicative competence.
During the work, a systematic analysis of approaches to the content of environmental education
was used; generalization of the theory and practice of the implementation of international strategies for
the development of environmental culture and analysis of the effectiveness of new pedagogical
technologies designed for this; creation of an integrative didactic model for the formation of students'
ecological culture. Diagnostics of students' ecological culture was carried out with the help of
questionnaires, observation, and comparative analysis of group interactions. A pedagogical ascertaining
experiment, methods of pedagogical design of forms of organization of the educational environment,
design of the educational program, methods of graphic
• based on the pedagogical experience of teaching French, a didactic model for the development
of students' environmental culture in the process of intercultural communication was selected and
concretized
tions;
• the educational program of the course “Development of Ecological Culture of Students in the
Process of Intercultural Communication in French” was developed and tested.
Research results
Results of theoretical research. The level of ecological culture required today does not allow us
to consider it only as
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the result of acquiring a certain amount of ecological knowledge. Environmental education is broader
than education in the field of ecology as a science. Culture is a global self-regulatory mechanism for
adapting a person and society to the conditions of the natural and social environment. The ecological
component is present in it initially and immanently [3, 7, 16–22]. The integration of the tasks of developing
ecological culture into international strategies for sustainable development, global education, learning
throughout a person's life, into solving the problems of the "green economy" indicates the need to create
an integrative didactic model for the formation of environmental competence. The absence of such a
model in the educational process does not allow the full use
to call on the full potential of the best world experience in environmental education
niya and education.
The system-forming core of the integrative didactic model proposed by us (Fig. 1) is intercultural
communication, understood as an objectively existing space for communication and intercultural
interaction, which, subject to its pedagogical adaptation, becomes an effective pedagogical environment
for mastering aspects of ecological culture. The development of the ability for intercultural communication
is provided by a complex of modern pedagogical technologies that form intercultural communication
active competence of students and improving their knowledge of a foreign language (or several foreign
languages). Only on this basis, in our opinion, it is possible to use in environmental education the largest
array of the best pedagogical experience and the latest technologies for the development of environmental
culture, developed as part of the implementation of the above and displayed in Fig. 1 international
strategies.
The results of pedagogical research at the ascertaining stage of the experiment. In order to find
out how today in preparing
The training of specialists implements the principles and technologies for the development of ecological
culture, an empirical study was conducted, in which 134 students took part: 46 students from UrFU and
88 from RSPPU. In this sample, 10 people studied in the 1st year, 97 in the 2nd and 27 in the 3rd; 87
respondents were residents of Yekaterinburg, 33 - cities of the Sverdlovsk region, 10 - other regions, 2 -
foreign citizens, and 2 students
did not want to answer the question about their place of residence.
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• study of literature in foreign languages on issues of ecological culture - 17.9% (24 respondents);
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Rice. 3. The space in which the problems of ecological culture are discussed,
%: 1 – yes; 2 - very rarely; 3 - no; 4 - find it difficult to answer 3. Places where
the issues of ecological culture are discussed, %
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didactic model, the central core of which is intercultural communication, we have developed an
educational program for the special course "Development of students' ecological culture in the process
of intercultural communication in French". Let us briefly describe the main characteristics of the program.
It is designed for 34 classroom hours and can be mastered within one academic semester at the 2nd or
3rd year of studying a foreign language (level of language competence B1 - B2 according to the
European assessment scale).
The integrative didactic model made it possible to determine the composition of the package of
pedagogical technologies for the implementation of the program, which included: • information and
telecommunication technologies (online exercises, for example, based on the materials of the
French channel TV5.org; online debates, viewing and discussion of video materials); • technologies for
integrating formal, non-formal and informal education (participation in joint youth projects (Saint-Étienne)
with posting materials on the results of practical activities on social networking pages,
volunteering, competitions);
1 Dollez C., Pons S. Alter Ego 3. Method de français, livre. Hachette, Paris, 2007.
Dossier 7, pp. 106–121; Girardet J., Gibbe C. Echo B 2. Method de français. liv re de l'eleve.
CLE International / Sejer. Paris, 2010, pp. 56–63.
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around the Pokrovsky Church under construction in the village of Oblique Ford.
The project, which has become truly international, since representatives of five
countries came to its presentation in Polevskoy at once: France, Senegal, Congo,
Vietnam and China, started in June 2017 - the Year of Ecology in Russia. The
presentation of the project for the future garden, authored by A. Pelenev,
teacher of the children's art school in Polevskoy, took place near the Intercession
Church, which already today pleases the eye with its beauty and originality of
architectural solutions. In addition to the presentation of the Dream Garden and
Marble Festival projects, the program of launch events included the solemn opening
of the photo exhibition Famous Gardens of France and a visit to the unique
monuments of the village of Mramorske. In Kosoy Brod, the beds of a garden and
an apothecary's garden were laid, and oak seedlings were planted in the ground.
Under the ringing of bells in the restored belfry, the students participating in the
project, together with the villagers and its head Vera Nufer, laid a memorial plate of
the future monument to the founder of the settlement, Yakov Dannenberg. The
regional mass media provided extensive coverage of the events.
Based on the results of the launch events of the ecoproject, a student focus
group was organized to determine the interest of students in further joint work and
predict its results. Students confirmed the importance of initiatives of this kind and
their necessity in regions, primarily those far from metropolitan areas. According
to the general opinion, participation in such actions not only helps to realize the
significance of the contribution of each person to the common cause of protecting
and restoring the environment, but also causes an uplift in mood and a desire to
unite with people living in different countries in order to “make their planet more
comfortable."
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Conclusion
There are many scientific publications devoted to various aspects of the
interdependence of skills and abilities in the organization of intercultural
communication, its effective implementation, knowledge of foreign
strange languages and the impact of such knowledge on the level of human culture,
including ecological culture.
For example, E. V. Medelyan comes to the conclusion that intercultural
communication is an effective mechanism for cultural development and mutual
enrichment of representatives of different cultures. Various forms of intercultural
communication contribute to the understanding of the realized
cultural, environmental, environmental and economic ideas in another state and are
fertile ground for the formation of new views, positions and judgments [23].
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it is difficult for a swarm to master deep knowledge in the field of ecological culture [26, p. 129–130].
Thus, the question of the role of foreign language learning by students in the development of
ecological culture is occupied by an increasing number of authors [4, 9, 27–30]. However, in the
publications we found, only particular aspects of the topic are covered, or a narrow didactic approach to
solving the problem prevails, and there is no systematic analysis of the possibilities of environmental
education based on intercultural communication and the use of the potential of teaching foreign
languages. There are also no works that would comprehensively analyze the educational resources
available
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9. Kucherov A. V., Shibileva O. V. The concept of the "green" economy: the main
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10. Mazurov Yu. L. National policy of Russia in the field of education for sustainable
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The article was received by the editors on June 18, 2017; accepted for publication
September 13, 2017. The authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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