TEACHING COMPUTER SCIENCE AT A NON-TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ECOHUMANISTIC PARADIGM OF CONSTRUCTING A DIGITAL SOCIETY

Cherenkova Irina Anatolyevna, Kutlikova Irina Veniaminovna, Mindlin Yury Borisovich

The society of the XXI century concentrates its attention on the value system of a coevolutionary nature, the basic concept of which is the ecohumanistic worldview of 'Homo digitalis' ("digital man"). These trends are due to the fact that the problems of ecology and the destructive impact of civilization on the surrounding world have already reached their critical point, therefore, teaching students of higher schools in various disciplines is relevant in correlation with the education of the principles of co-creation of people and nature. The formation of parity relations between man and the natural environment among young people increases the chance to achieve an optimal balance in socio-natural reality. Due to the fact that the modern generation actively interacts with the digital environment and information and communication technologies, information ecology began to develop intensively, the basics of which it became advisable to teach at a non-technical university in the context of improving the environmental competence of students. As a result, the ecohumanistic paradigm began to contribute to the development of, among other things, "environmental informatics". The latter discipline among scientists is conditionally differentiated into such sciences studied in non-technical higher schools as bioinformatics, geoinformatics, hydroinformatics, chemioinformatics and ecoinformatics. Taking into account the dynamically implemented scientific discoveries, it is necessary to instill in students such a skill as self-study, which they will actively use throughout their professional career.

Keywords:computer science, non-technical university, higher school, ecohumanism, digital society, environmental informatics, ecology