ECOLOGICAL APPROACH AS A BASIS FOR A HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Continuous interaction between the student and the higher education environment is becoming increasingly important today. It is now important to use the ecological (environment) approach in education to create learning environment that is inclusive and friendly to students, identifying environment’s multiple and diverse dimensions/contexts. The purpose of this study is to offer a theoretical basis for the university environment, given various education trends and dimensions of that environment, based on the ecological approach to education ecology. The following research methods were used: study, analysis and evaluation of scientific literature. The theoretical research highlighted one of the manifestations of the ecological approach: the multidimensional/ multicontextual approach, discussed an appropriate learning environment as a key component to encourage students’ professional growth and readiness for professional activities and emphasised continuous interaction between the student and the higher education environment.