PSYCHO-PEDAGOGICAL POTENTIAL OF INTERACTION WITH THE NATURAL WORLD IN THE CONTEXT OF ETHNIC AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF THE CIRCASSIANS

The article describes the results of experimental studies: the interaction of the natu- ral world has a considerable psychological and pedagogical potential, which is revealed in the following features outlined in science: psychophysiological, psychotherapy, rehabilitation, aesthetic, cognitive, communication function, self-function, to meet the competency require- ments. Under the natural world, we mean a set of specific natural objects, taken in their unity and uniqueness (pet dog, parrot, orchid on the window). In the context of ethno-cultural expe- rience Circassians traceable ancestors of the Circassians awareness of psycho-pedagogical potential of interaction with the natural world, confirmed by the legends of folklore