Continuous social and environmental education of the future teacher in the interests of sustainable development of society

Introduction. The concept of sustainable development defines the socio-ecological direction as the leading one in the system of interaction between society and nature, which emphasizes the importance of continuous socio-ecological education of the individual. Continuous socio-ecological education in the interests of sustainable development provides not only the solution of socio-ecological problems, the co-evolution of society and nature, but also the upbringing of an ecologically cultural and educated person, where the leading role is assigned to the teacher. Modern higher pedagogical education is a mechanism for the development of the socio-ecological education of a future teacher, which determines the readiness of the last to implement continuous socio-ecological education of students. Materials and methods. The experimental study involved 285 students enrolled in the educational program "Pedagogical education". The study was based on the Tobolsk D.I. Mendeleev Pedagogical Institute (branch of Tyumen State University), BI HE KhMAO-Ugra "Surgut State Pedagogical University". The study was based on theoretical, empirical, survey-diagnostic and mathematical methods (Fisher φ-criterion). Research results. A theoretical systematic analysis of the literature made it possible to reveal the content of the concepts of “socio-ecological education for sustainable development”, “socio-ecological education of a teacher”, to develop and present the structure and process of development of socio-ecological education of a teacher, which fills and enriches the theory of pedagogical science with new knowledge. The statistical analysis of the results obtained showed the reliability of differences in the level of development of the socio-ecological education of the future teacher in motivational-value (φemp = 5.78; p≤0.01), cognitive (φemp = 6.80; p≤0.01), activity (φemp = 4.89; p≤0.01) and reflexive-regulatory components (φemp = 7.28; p≤0.01), which indicates the positive dynamics of the level of development of socio-ecological education of the future teacher. Conclusions. The conducted experimental work showed the effectiveness of the implemented organizational and pedagogical conditions in the process of professional training of a future teacher for continuous socio-ecological education in the interests of sustainable development of society and the positive dynamics of the development of socio-ecological education of a future teacher, the reliability of which was statistically confirmed using the Fisher t-criterion