Abstract
The article describes the methodological foundations of forming students' ecological culture as a goal of innovative development of a typical model. The authors reviewed the international and local experience related to the development of environmental culture as an educational resource for adapting society to environmental constraints, risks, crises and modern consolidated actions aimed at the sustainable development of civilization. From the point of view of environmental culture and a set of educational, social, moral, scientific and technological methods, a methodological basis for creating a model of the formation of environmental culture of students was created. A well-founded methodological approach enhances the educational and methodological level of students' ecological culture formation, incorporating an interconnected unity of components for conveying and overseeing key objectives, essential concepts, and knowledge. The study scrutinized the results of major studies of researchers on the formation of environmental culture for the sake of sustainable development in the educational system of the Abai Kazakh State University. The formation of students' ecological culture is described through the goal of developing the methodological foundations of a standard model of the local Ile-Alatau National Park, based on the principles of socio-ecological development. The environmental culture of students directs them to the formation of their competences in the professional environment, ecologically oriented activities and behavior on environmental protection, harmonizes the views of young people on visiting the natural environment, improving the environment of the world and the place of residence, according to the modern trend.