O.P. Druzhakina
ON THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN CAREER GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN
Annotation. 78% of students in grades 10–11 in Russia attend one or more clubs or additional education courses related to their interests in choosing a future profession. At the same time, Russian universities are actively introducing modern practices of career guidance work with schoolchildren aimed at achieving a high-quality enrollment of students from among applicants who are motivated for the chosen field of study. The article shows the experience of the Institute of Civil Protection of the Udmurt State University in implementing the agenda for the development and advancement of effective formats of career guidance activity in the field of environmental management, engineering environmental protection, and technosphere safety. Descriptions of successful practices and their indicators are given: the ICP Festival (280 participants over 1.5 years), master classes and engineering tourism, in total more than 250 events and 1,283 participants from schools of Udmurtia
Keywords: career guidance, environmental management, engineering training, environmental education
For citation: Druzhakina O.P. [On the role of environmental education]. Upravlenie tekhnosferoi, 2026, vol. 9, issue 3, рр. 762 – 778. DOI: 10.35634/UdSU.2026.80.87.012
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About the author
Druzhakina Olga Pavlovna
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Environmental Protection Engineering, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Udmurt State University», Izhevsk, st. Universitetskaya, 1, Russia.
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