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In article are stated historical aspects of education and a stage of development of the concept of continuous education, a problem and prospect of formation of modern continuous education with the account of three positions of its origin. Realisation of the concept of the substantial-structural approach to construction of system of the continuous education, providing integrity and a development continuity competences is considered.

The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of the problem of understanding the educational environment in modern psychology. Different approaches to the definition of the concept and construction of models of educational environments. The author’s definition of the educational environment and interactions with her pupils.

The relevance of the research is determined by the need to transform the educational environment of a modern university. Such environment is one of the conditions for the eff ective development of a student-innovator, who is motivated to carry out research and design, capable of searching for original ideas, innovative solutions, and project implementation.

The relevance of the study of identity formation stages of a university student is determined by changes in modern Russian higher education primarily related to digitalization processes. The article presents the description of students’ identity formation features under conditions of higher education digitalization. The expediency of using an ecopsychological (ontological) model of identity formation is shown, according to which the process of formation of subject qualities is viewed in the ontological continuum, i.e.