Zarema Shhahytova

The paper discusses the formation of ethnic tolerance in multicultural space of elementary school. Currently, more than ever there is a need to talk about ethnic tolerance of younger schoolboys, as foundation for development of an individual citizen. Special relevance of tolerance education gets in a multicultural environ-ment where you need to avoid situations inequalities children in their rights and duties. Multilanguage student environment often leads to selectivity in communication, national isolation groups.

The author presents the analysis of the current situation in the field of education, the specificity of the risks of the modern information society and their influence on the younger generation.

Globalization and modernization have both positive and negative sides. With the development of information technologies, new problems appear such as mass media influence on person, perception and education of preschool age children. The authors discuss the problem of mass media influence on preschool children education.

This work examines the current state of Russian education on the basis of data of the researches which were carried out in recent years in our educational institutions. The main attention is focused on an explanation of existing distinctions and identification of the factors influencing the training results rather than on ranging educational institutions by level of pupil preparation. Similar researches make it possible to reveal strong sides and weaknesses of Russian education and to trace a course of actions for more effective achievement of the scheduled purposes