Keyword: «ethno-cultural education»

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.

Our present society is almost entirely affected by modernization, which, in one way or another, influences all spheres of the society development. This effect causes rethinking of values for a modern person, along with the means, tasks, ways of both the society and an individual development. Often such a contemporary approach practically excludes the entire layers of folk art from the educational process and cultural life, on which the ethno-cultural formation of an individual has been built over many generations. The tendency towards diminishment and subsequent dissolution of national cultural foundations has become particularly pronounced in the recent years. The foreground is being taken by globalization phenomena, the unification and standardization of many human activities, including the cultural life. The Internet space also dictates certain ways of personality development, as it makes a significant part of people lives today. This influence is especially strong for the younger generation whose personality formation is at the initial stage. In this context, it becomes quite relevant to form the ethno-cultural competence of the younger generation from the earliest age and introduce the traditional forms of culture and values to young people. This research is aimed at identifying the effective means, forms and methods for the creation of the ethno-cultural competence among pre-school children. The methods of research are questioning, interviewing and pedagogical experiment. During the sociological survey it was possible to identify the key organizational and pedagogical pre-requisites for the effective creation of the ethno-cultural competence among pre-school children. The Children’s Ethnographic Museum’s project was implemented and tested in pre-school educational institutions. The results obtained in the course of the work testify to the effectiveness of the proposed project and can be used in the activities of pre-school educational institutions and additional education for children.