EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS A GUARANTEE OF QUALITATIVE PRIMARY EDUCATION IN A NEW UKRAINIAN SCHOOL

Abstract

education for sustainable development in modern society. The authors the subject the aim of the research: peculiarities of the implementation of theoretical principles of education for sustainable development in Ukraine and evaluation of pedagogical influence of the use of author's methodological concept of advanced environmental education on the development of primary schoolchildren’s environmental competence. The article represents experimental materials, according to which the authors make conclusion that education for sustainable development and advanced environmental education as its key part occupy the dominant position in the New Ukrainian School, as they provide high quality of primary education and prepare young learners for life in sustainable models of balanced development.