Social and environmental responsibility in professional training of students of technical universities: essence, principles and methods

The relevance of developing social and environmental responsibility in future engineering and technology specialists during their training at a university is determined by a combination of various levels of regulatory and legal documentation that specifies requirements for the implementation of professional functions and responsibilities, in particular, in the field of compliance with environmental safety rules and regulations, social responsibility for decision-making and their results in accordance with the types of engineering activities in the field of environmental protection. In this regard, the article pays significant attention to the analysis of the essence of the definition of "social and environmental responsibility of technical specialists", as well as environmental training in order to develop social and environmental responsibility in future technical specialists as a significant professional and personal quality. The leading approach to the study is based on the theoretical analysis of the problem of social and environmental responsibility in the professional activities of technical specialists and the importance of its formation in students at the stage of training at a university. As a result of the study, the essence of the concept of "social and environmental responsibility" is determined and its definition is presented. The main approaches (competency-modular, interdisciplinary, systemic, holistic, fragmentary-introvertive, personality-oriented), principles (greening, scientific, regional, activity, continuity and systematicity, universality) and methods (case-study, reflexive, project and others) of the formation of social and environmental responsibility of future technical specialists are identified and substantiated. The active teaching methods implemented in the educational process in the disciplines: introduction to the specialty, philosophy, psychology, law, project activities contribute to the development of social and environmental responsibility necessary for graduates in their professional activities when solving problems inextricably linked with the environment and society.