The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Environmental Education of Primary Schoolchildren

The article deals with the actual problem of environmental education and upbringing of children of primary school age. The results of a study conducted with the aim of studying the influence of information and communication technologies on the effective assimilation of knowledge about the world around by younger students, the education of respect for nature are presented. In the course of the pedagogical experiment, the hypothesis was tested that the use of various elements of information and communication technologies in the lessons of knowledge of the surrounding world will contribute to a better assimilation of natural history knowledge, skills and abilities and the formation of qualities of respect for nature in younger students. The results of testing conducted in the experimental and control groups at the ascertaining stage showed: there are certain gaps in the natural history knowledge of students; the degree of their interest in the subject “World around” is not high enough. The results of the questioning of teachers showed that information and communication technologies are rarely used at the lessons of knowledge of the surrounding world in the third grade.