Analysis of Approaches to the Concept Educational Environment in the Scientific Thought of the 20th Century

In the article the main attention is paid to the analysis of approaches to understanding of category educational environment in the history of scientific thought of the 20th century. The research of literary sources showed that the notion educational environment studied by different scientific disciplines and doesn't have precise definition. The creation of «educational environment» in educational institution, studying its influence on the development of personality remains the actual problem of modern pedagogies.