Abstract ◊ The article covers the application of the analogy method in ecological education of schoolchildren (by the example of studying of ecosystem of a manned space station as an analogy to the Earth planet ecosystem). Various aspects of the concept of analogy in science and pedagogy are considered. The definition of the analogy method in ecological education is given. The examples of the usage of the analogy method at ecology lessons are adduced.
Keywords: analogy, ecosystem, manned space station, problem situation, off-nominal situation.
Revin Sergey Nikolaevich — a cosmonaut-test engineer of the S. P. Korolev Rocket & Space Corporation "Energia", postgraduate of the Pedagogy and Psychology of the Higher School Department of
Moscow University for the Humanities. Tel.: (495) 513-60-01, (495) 475-68-22. E-mail: sergey.revin@rsce.ru
