Ecological education in the Slovak Republic in the context of standard and law support

Admission of the mankind to the new human relationship with nature, during which a person exhausts and pollutes more and more natural resources, our attitude to nature as only to a source of raw materials, caused our time global problems - disturbed the balance of the environment. This environmental condition is also caused by the low level of environmental training and environmental education of people and requires changes not only in their behavior but, what is more important, changes in their orientation values - the formation of the youth environmental philosophy and environmental culture. In this regard environmental education and environmental training have become the new priority of educational theory and practice. Comprehensive research in reformation of the school pedagogic education in Slovakia in the context of Ukraine's integration into the European educational space has not only theoretical but above all practical significance. The example of Slovak Republic could trace the process of changes in pedagogical education from the socialist (command & administrative) to the modern school education in the country - a member of the European Union. The article analyzes the legal documents of the Slovak Republic to ensure the continuous environmental training and education of the society. Particular attention is paid to the documents aimed at environmental training and education of students at all school levels.