Formation of ecological culture of foreign students of the preparatory faculty

The article describes the directions of environmental education for students of the Preparatory School for international students of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (hereinafter – the Preparatory Faculty). The purpose of the study is to identify the level of formation of ecological culture in the framework of environmental education among students of the biomedical profile of the Preparatory School. In order to estimate the level of formation of environmental culture of foreign students, students of the biomedical profile of the Preparatory Faculty (experimental and control groups) were interviewed anonymously using a specially compiled questionnaire. The questionnaire was compiled according to two author’s methods. The questionnaire was compiled according to two author’s methods. The results of the survey showed a clearly expressed increase in amount of students of the medical and biomedical profiles in the experimental group with a high level of ecological culture compared with the control group, and a similar decrease in the number of respondents with a low level of ecological culture. It is established that the integration of elements of environmental education in the educational process at the Preparatory Faculty increases the level of formation of environmental culture among foreign students.