METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO STUDENTS’ STUDY OF CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF ECOLOGICAL COURSES USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE SMOLENSK REGION

Life safety is directly related to human interaction with the natural environment. Natural hazards provoke a wide range of natural and man-made emergencies. Future teachers of “life safety”, as part of their training at a university, receive theoretical knowledge about the connection between natural phenomena and the occurrence of dangerous consequences for human life. Acquiring skills in studying climatic features is an important task of the courses included in the list of basic disciplines of the higher education training program “Pedagogical Education” within the framework of the specialty “Life Safety”. It is extremely important to develop in students not only basic knowledge regarding the range of climatic phenomena, but also the skill of practical assessment of their impact on the life of society. The article offers an example of a methodology that allows students to assess the characteristics of climate change using open sources of statistical data. This approach allows you to adapt the practical part of the disciplines to the specifics of a particular region of the Russian Federation. All methods presented in the review are based on a systematic approach to mastering the functions of analysis and synthesis of information.

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