Special course "Professionally oriented media education in the discipline "Environmental safety" for future employees of engineering specialities

Abstract

The modern educational process in the field of applied ecology is largely based on the use of the internet. Applied ecology, in turn, includes technoecology: environmental aspects of economic sectors, use of natural resources, nature (environmental) protection, environmental economics and environmental management, environmental audit, environmental marketing, environmental law, environmental standardisation, environmental management and environmental protection, environmental monitoring and environmental forecasting, radiation and space ecology. Media literacy has become a key feature of a specialist's professionalism. Its acquisition encourages the development of media education technologies. Contemporary researchers and practitioners have examined various aspects of using the media and their products in the educational process. Universities are offering special courses in media education, which indicates both extensive and intensive development of media didactics in higher education, which is enriched with the latest technologies, terms, concepts and at the same time penetrates the newest areas of knowledge. Our study proposes a programme of a new special course "professionally oriented media education in the discipline "environmental safety" for future engineering professionals and provides examples of the application of media education methods and tools in teaching the discipline "environmental safety in the oil and gas industry".