Keyword: «multicultural environment»

The article begins with a discussion of the purpose of multicultural education. It briefly examines the commonality of moral concepts in a multicultural environment when studying folklore. The article explores the components of the image of the Russian world and their themes, using the prose of the "village" writers as an example: V. Rasputin, the novel "Farewell to Matyora"; V. Astafyev, the novel "The Kingfisher"; and F. Abramov, the novel "Pelageya." The article concludes that moral concepts are common to different nations.

This article examines the development of a multicultural student personality in modern Russian educational institutions. It examines the main approaches and methods aimed at developing intercultural competence in schoolchildren. Difficulties encountered in implementing multiculturalism in schools are analyzed, and solutions to these challenges are proposed. Particular attention is paid to the role of teachers and school administration in fostering tolerance and respect for representatives of different cultures among students.

The formation of multilingual personality is an urgent task for the modern higher education system. The article examines the process of developing students' ability to fluently master several languages and effectively operate in a multilingual environment. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of educational work and the introduction of innovative teaching methods aimed at enhancing the quality of personnel training with a high level of communicative competence.

The article addresses the problem of preparing student teachers for professional activity in a multicultural educational environment. The relevance of the study is determined by the cultural and linguistic heterogeneity of contemporary schools, the growth of academic mobility, the need for pedagogical support of children who are non-native speakers of Russian and international students, as well as by the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standards for Higher Education concerning the development of universal and professional competences in graduates of teacher training programmes. The aim of the article is to provide a theoretical justification for informal intercultural interaction as a factor in developing preservice teachers’ intercultural competence for work in a multicultural educational environment and to identify the organizational and didactic potential of international friendship clubs in pedagogical universities. The methodological basis of the study includes competency-based, activity-based, cultural and environmental approaches. The study clarifies the concept of an “international friendship club”; reveals the didactic potential of informal intercultural interaction in a pedagogical university; presents the results of monitoring the representation of international friendship clubs and similar associations in pedagogical universities in Russia; and identifies the main problems in organizing intercultural activities. The main results are presented in the form of an activity-based model of an international friendship club as a structurally organized, methodologically supported and regularly functioning platform for modelling educational and professional situations of intercultural interaction. The theoretical significance of the study lies in clarifying scholarly understanding of informal intercultural interaction as an event-based factor in the professional training of student teachers for work in a multicultural educational environment. The practical significance consists in the fact that the proposed activity-based model of informal intercultural interaction can be implemented in any university when designing an event-based format for preparing preservice teachers to work in multiethnic classrooms both in Russia and abroad.