Psycho-pedagogical support of multicultural personality by means of folk education in a multiethnic educational environment

The article dealswith the socially important issues of multicultural personality by means of folk pedagogy in a multiethnic educational environment. Issues ofethnic personality, ethnic tolerance are significant at the social, psychological, educational and scientific levels. Polyethnic educational environmentis presented as a modern reality, where the person develops; it requires particularly organized focused psycho-pedagogical support.Psycho-pedagogical support creates an environment conducive to educating a developing human, able to live in peace, ethnic tolerance andunderstanding. Psycho-pedagogical support is understood as a cyclic direct and indirect interaction between the teacher and the pupil in a societywith a view of harmonizing the relations of individuals involved in interaction with others and with the society in a certain space andtime. Education is designed to streamline the influence of multiethnic environment on the personality, to form its own positive experience ofinternational communication, to weaken the possible negative impact on its environment. It involves creating a system that will provide thenecessary psycho-pedagogical conditions for the successful development of a multicultural personality. A multicultural personality is characterizedby knowledge, understanding its behaviour in interaction with different cultures, which is based on interethnic mutual respect, tolerance andunderstanding. The development of a multicultural personality is represented as a complex, multifaceted and multidimensional process. Westrongly require the psycho-pedagogical support staff to possess ethno-cultural knowledge, skills, intercultural communication and understandingon the principles of humanism, ethnic tolerance, with due regard to individual and psychological characteristics of each representative of theethnic group inhabiting the region and creating polyethnic educational environment. Polyethnic education environment should help to ensurethat, on the one hand, students are aware of their roots and thereby can determine their place in the world, and, on the other, we should cultivateunderstanding and respect for other cultures in them. Further search of methodological approaches and introduction of new theoretical developmentsin educational practices of educational institutions are required aimed at improving relations in multiethnic educational environment.

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