ПІДГОТОВКА МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ ДО ВИХОВАННЯ ЕТНІЧНОЇ ТОЛЕРАНТНОСТІ

Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of ethnic tolerance as a qualitative indicator of forming the image of Ukraine. It has been determined that one of the ways of forming ethnic tolerance of the citizens of our country is the training of the future teachers for the tolerant education of pupils, in particular primary school pupils. The essence of the concepts “tolerance”, “ethnic tolerance” has been clarified. The author definition of the concept “training of the future primary school teachers for the education of ethnic tolerance” has been offered. It is a system of scientifically grounded actions in the general pedagogical process of a higher education institution, aimed at developing the students’ humanistic values, a sense of tolerance; mastering a complex of special psychological-pedagogical knowledge and skills, which ensures high efficiency of the teacher’s educational activity and their self-development. The tasks, content, methods and forms of ethnic tolerance education of junior schoolchildren to be mastered by the future primary school teachers in the process of vocational training have been outlined. According to the results of the study of the scientific-pedagogical literature and the survey of university teachers, the pedagogical conditions for the training of the future primary school teachers for the education of ethnic tolerance have been determined: motivation of the future teachers to realize the value of a tolerant position in the interethnic environment; the students’ awareness of the importance and meaning of ethnic tolerance as an important personal quality; mastering of the future teachers in various ways of organizing subject-subjective interaction with primary school pupils; establishing a dialogue and polylogue with all children in order to overcome negative stereotypes and prejudices; creation of tolerant educational environment in higher educational institution that is conducive to developing a sense of tolerance for the future teachers and the acquisition of individual experiences of tolerant behavior in the course of inter-ethnic communication. It is stated that the questions of substantiation of the effectiveness of the mentioned pedagogical conditions require further scientific development.