Polycultural Environment Research Articles

The checklist in the study of comparative constructions of the Russian language in a polycultural environment.

The checklist in the study of comparative constructions of the Russian language in a polycultural environment.

A PERSONALLY ORIENTED APPROACH TO LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL

The concepts of multicultural education focus on several general pedagogical principles: education of human dignity and high moral qualities; education for coexistence with social groups of different races, religions, ethnic groups, etc.; education of readiness for cooperation; recognition of mutual responsibility for the positive nature of interethnic and intercultural communication.Based on the analysis, the article considers different views of researchers on this concept. The author gives his own opinion on the significance of individualized education in the polycultural environment. The author stresses that when defining the concept of multicultural education, world pedagogy proceeds from the fact that it means, firstly, the recognition of social, political and economic realities of culturally diverse and complex human interaction and, secondly, the importance of taking into account in the educational process cultural, racial, gender, religious factors. As in other multinational communities, in Ukraine one of the main pedagogical goals can be defined as the education of people capable of effective life in a multicultural environment, with a heightened sense of understanding and respect for other cultures, the ability to live in peace and harmony with representatives of different nationalities, races, beliefs. From this goal, the Ukrainian teachers follow the tasks of education and training: mastering the culture of one's own people; education of cultural pluralism, a positive attitude towards cultural differences; creation of pedagogical conditions for the integration of cultures; development of behavioral communication skills of carriers of different subcultures; education in the spirit of peace and cooperation. The article stresses that the purpose of multicultural education should be a person with broad views and broad multicultural orientation, someone who can give meaning to individual national and cultural identity, and someone who will appreciate other peoples’ cultural varieties and their achievements.

INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE POLYCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Based on the analysis, the article considers different views of researchers on this concept. The author gives his own opinion on the significance of individualized education in the polycultural environment. The author stresses that when defining the concept of multicultural education, world pedagogy proceeds from the fact that it means, firstly, the recognition of social, political and economic realities of culturally diverse and complex human interaction and, secondly, the importance of taking into account in the educational process cultural, racial, gender, religious factors. The concepts of multicultural education focus on several general pedagogical principles: education of human dignity and high moral qualities; education for coexistence with social groups of different races, religions, ethnic groups, etc.; education of readiness for cooperation; recognition of mutual responsibility for the positive nature of interethnic and intercultural communication. As in other multinational communities, in Ukraine one of the main pedagogical goals can be defined as the education of people capable of effective life in a multicultural environment, with a heightened sense of understanding and respect for other cultures, the ability to live in peace and harmony with representatives of different nationalities, races, beliefs. From this goal, the Ukrainian teachers follow the tasks of education and training: mastering the culture of one's own people; education of cultural pluralism, a positive attitude towards cultural differences; creation of pedagogical conditions for the integration of cultures; development of behavioral communication skills of carriers of different subcultures; education in the spirit of peace and cooperation. The article stresses that the purpose of multicultural education should be a person with broad views and broad multicultural orientation, someone who can give meaning to individual national and cultural identity, and someone who will appreciate other peoples’ cultural varieties and their achievements. 

PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE FORMATION OF ENGLISH PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED COMPETENCE IN SPEECH OF FUTURE DOCTORS IN POLYCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

The rapid integration of Ukraine into the international educational system has led to the formation of polycultural environment (namely, polynational groups of students) on the basis of domestic higher education institutions. New realities of higher education require qualitatively new changes in methods and approaches to teaching that differ from those, which are traditionally used when working with mononational academic groups. One of the initial stages of development of the latest methods is the selection and organization of educational material for the formation of English professionally oriented competence, since English is the leading language of professional cross-national communication. Attention to the specialty «Medicine» is conditioned by the greatest popularity of the medical profession among foreign students.The purpose of the study is to identify, characterize and classify the principles of selection and organization of educational material, which are important for the effective formation of English professionally oriented competence in speech of future doctors taking into account the specifics of polycultural academic environment.The stated purpose of the study has led to the choice of the following research methods: structural-logical and functional analysis to determine basic principles of selection and organization of educational material, presented in modern research of domestic and foreign scientists, their features and main components, as well as system-structural and comparative analysis, which has allowed to generalize and determine the common and distinctive features of the principles of selection and organization of educational material and to categorize the selected principles with regard to the study matter.The article identifies and describes three categories of principles, including the principles of selection of educational material, the principles of organization of educational material and the overall principles of selection and organization of educational material. The expediency of applying these principles for the formation of English professionally oriented competence in speech of future doctors in a multicultural environment is substantiated.

Міжкультурна компетентність особистості та адаптація до полікультурного середовища: підходи та технології

Міжкультурна компетентність особистості та адаптація до полікультурного середовища: підходи та технології

Peculiarities of correlation between cognitive parameters and anxiety and self-assessment levels in year-1 schoolchildren within the polycultural environment

Peculiarities of correlation between cognitive parameters and anxiety and self-assessment levels in year-1 schoolchildren within the polycultural environment

Organizing educational process in higher school on basis of requirements to teacher in polycultural environment

Organizing educational process in higher school on basis of requirements to teacher in polycultural environment

Polycultural environment: challenges and risks to social stability

The trivial thesis about the collapse of the policy of multiculturalism has not abolished the essence of the multicultural environment in the countries of the modern world. Moreover, the trend towards an increase in the number of "non-titular" ethnic groups, which is rapidly changing the stable images of culture, has received more and more pronounced development. This creates challenges, adequate management responses to which in the transitive society require flexible invariance of mechanisms and predictive assessments of the consequences of control actions. In the context of growing global political instability, the inability of existing government institutions to minimize social risks is becoming increasingly evident. In the article we emphasize that the key cultural space where the most effective models of multicultural interaction can be developed is the education system. We draw attention to the fact that the institutional function of the education system is changing - from the mission of the enlightened mind to the actor of the financial market. We believe that the ultimate success of reforms is determined not by financial capital, but by socio-cultural capital. The meaning of the reforms is the ability to build such value systems that allow to accumulate experience of social and cultural solidarity, to motivate and support the desire of people to self-development and self-improvement. As well as in the civil participation of people in state and municipal control, in adjusting the activities of traditional democratic and administrative institutions and creating new opportunities to solve the most pressing problems of our time.

Technique of teaching Russian at elementary school in classes with children for whom Russian is not the mother tongue

The article is devoted to issue of teaching Russian to children for whom it is not the mother tongue. Special attention is paid to directions of development of educational process of elementary school in connection with emergence of poly-cultural environment. Working methods, exercises, specific methods of interaction with pupils at lessons at elementary school in classes which include children forwhom Russian is not the mother tongue, are presented. Short description of difficulties and their reasons during the adaptation period for children for whom Russian is not the mother tongue, that influences formation of correct spelling skill, is presented in the article.

Libraries polycultural activities: terminological aspects

The libraries polycultural activities are connected with their work in the polycultural environment. The article deals with the terminology used by libraries for this activities, defines these terms. It reveals reasons for the multicultural librarianship appearance in Europe and creation of IFLA Section «Library services to multicultural populations». The author shows definitions of «multiculturalism» and «multicultural library services» given by the International Guidelines «Library services to multicultural communities»; the difference between the conditions of creation and development of multicultural library services in Europe and the Russian libraries work in the polycultural environment. The paper represents a comparative analysis of such definitions as «multicultural» and «polycultural» by the academic Russian environment and English dictionaries. The author concludes that in our country it would be more correct to use the term «polycultural», which involves the interaction of cultures, unlike the term multicultural meaning the existence of several cultures in a society. That’s why the author speaks about the polycultural activities of Russain libraries, or about their activities in the polycultural environment aimed at interaction and mutual influence of cultures.

The role of the polycultural environment in development of students of the higher education

The role of the polycultural environment in development of students of the higher education

Феномен поликультурной социализации личности

The work gives definition to multicultural socialization of the individual by means of poly-art figurative art technologies. The author shows the importance of art technologies (figurative), poly-art, psychological and pedagogical technologies of support and assistance during student’s poly-art socialization, which are expressed in the ability of fast and affective action in multinational and polycultural environment.

Добрачные половые установки девушек в поликультурной среде

Добрачные половые установки девушек в поликультурной среде

MENTAL ASPECT OF COMMUNICATION IN POLYCULTURAL CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION

The article is dedicated to the philosophical reception of a place and role of mentality in the process of intercultural communication ofpeople, who form their social polycultural environment of being conditioned by globalization.

Social and Cultural Competence of Interpreter in the Context of Intercultural Dialogue

The article highlights some of the linguistic and socio-psychological aspects of the interpreter’s work in the polycultural environment. It emphasizes the significance of the holistic social and cultural competence, and some of the new role functions that an interpreter is to undertake in the context of intercultural dialogue. Socio-cultural competence is one of the basic interpreter’s competences that help a communication act between the representatives of different languages and cultures to be successfully performed. Contemporary global polycultural environment issues some new challenges that an interpreter working in the sphere of international and cross-cultural cooperation is to accept. Intercultural dialogue as a universal idea and fundamental principal of the global world order has enriched all languages vocabulary with the cluster of special words connecting to the specifics of cross-cultural and interethnic communication at present time. Yet the polycultural vocabulary is in process of formation and hasn’t been completely sorted out. The situation gives an interpreter a chance to be an active participant of the world polycultural dictionary formation. The process of general socialization causes the socialization of a language itself. The extending of socio-cultural aspect in the interpreter’s activity is taking place thanks to its social component. An interpreter may face a necessity to get used to new peacemaker’s roles in the process of communication. Sometimes an interpreter is to correct extra linguistic factors of communication for its successful realization in the intercultural dialogue context. Professional activity in the area of intercultural dialogue helps an interpreter to improve his/ her socio-cultural competence yet it has to be in focus during the professional training of interpreters and translators in the polycultural world we all are learning to live in.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.sal.0.20.1781