THE RESULTS OF THE PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM OF TRAINING FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO WORK WITH STUDENTS IN THE MULTICULTURAL SPACE OF TRANSCARPATHIA REGION

Abstract

The article has raised up the issue of teacher training to work in a multicultural educational space. We have analysed the results of the experimental verification of the effectiveness of the author’s system of training future primary school teachers to work in the multicultural space of the Transcarpathia region. Quality changes have been established. At the end of the experimental research, significant positive dynamics in EG and only minor positive changes in CG were obtained. Thus, the vast majority of future EG teachers had a high (12.24%), sufficient (24.49%), and average (46.94%) level of formation of all components of readiness to work in the multicultural space of the Transcarpathia region, while in CG these data were 13.04% and 33.66%, respectively. Using the methods of mathematical statistics, we have proved the reliability of the obtained results, based on the comparison of variances for determining the F-criterion. It has been found that in the professional context, the manifestations of negative multiculturalstereotypes have decreased among the students of higher education, they have developed sociability and social activity, and the desire to cooperate with representatives of national minorities. For personal improvement, future primary school teachers have received help in realizing their belonging to a specific ethnic group, expanded intercultural competence, increased the level of communication, reflection, and empathy.The experimental study has confirmed the expediency of introducing the developed pedagogical system into professional training aimed at forming the readiness of future primary school teachers to work with students in the multicultural space of the Transcarpathia region.
 Keywords: system; pedagogical conditions; professional training; readiness; primary school teacher; multicultural space; intercultural interaction; tolerance.