PEDAGOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AMONG STUDENTS THROUGH THE WORKS OF ALISHER NAVOI

Abstract

This article analyzes, in accordance with IMRAD requirements, the pedagogical opportunities for developing a culture of environmental protection among students through the works of Alisher Navoi. The source basis of the study consists of the materials of the international scientific-theoretical conference entitled “Alisher Navoi and the 21st Century.” This collection highlights the place of Alisher Navoi’s literary and scholarly heritage in classical Uzbek literature, its contemporary significance, as well as issues of textual studies and linguistics related to the poet’s creative legacy. The article examines the depictions of nature in Navoi’s works, including poetic images of birds, mountains, water, gardens, flowers, trees, spring, the sky, the earth, and other natural elements, not merely as artistic embellishments, but as educational means that foster in students an appreciation of existence, a caring attitude toward nature, and moral-aesthetic views related to the protection of water, land, plants, and the animal world. The results of the study show that Navoi’s works possess both direct and indirect pedagogical potential in shaping students’ ecological culture. First, the poet portrays nature in harmony with human spirituality and moral perfection. Second, through natural imagery, he advances the ideas of goodness, purity, labor, loyalty, compassion, and responsibility. Third, works such as Farhad and Shirin, Lison ut-Tayr, Hayrat ul-Abror, and Mahbub ul-Qulub can serve as an effective basis for developing students’ conscious, aesthetic, and moral attitude toward nature.