Педагогические науки/ 2. Проблемы подготовки специалистов

Senior teacher L.R. Sadykova

Almetyevsk State Oil Institute, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Multicultural education and its role at the professional development of the learner’s personality in a technical university

Integration of the Russian Federation into the European and global economy has made the country one of the world centers of cultural exchange and interaction. The dynamic development of the economy dictates high demands to a modern specialist that should be a competitive, creative and an adaptive personality.

Considering the actual trends in the field of higher professional education, we note that the humanization and humanitarization are allocated from total number of global processes and are general trends in the development of global education.

Humanization of higher professional education is aimed at meeting the needs of both the personality and the society, and educational institutions should form harmoniously developed specialists with universal culture, capable of self-development of high moral and professional qualities.

Humanitarization is one of the main means of humanization of higher education. It is aimed at the formation of personality through culture, awareness of learners on their national identity. Humanization in the field of higher professional education is in the comprehensive development of the personality of the future specialist through the teaching of humanitarian disciplines, the creation of a multicultural educational environment. [5]

The "Concept of Multicultural Education in the Russian Federation" notes that the main objectives of multicultural education are inseparable from the general strategy of modernization of education in the Russian Federation, based on the principle of balanced of social, ethnic, cultural and national interests of the citizens. In a single multicultural educational space interests of each individual are harmoniously combined with social and public interests. [2]

Multicultural education is an important component of modern higher professional education and promotes the assimilation of knowledge about other cultures, traditions, lifestyles, cultural values of the peoples and ethnic groups by the learners, education in the spirit of respect for other cultures and philosophical values of life. It is necessary to distinguish the following objectives of multicultural education in a technical university:

· formation of positive valuable conscious qualities of the personality of a student in relation to the Russian culture;

· the development of respect for the history and culture of other nations and ethnic groups;

· creation of a multicultural educational environment as the basis for interaction of the personality with elements of other cultures.

In the framework of the realization of the concept of multicultural education is necessary to select the term "multicultural educational environment." We believe that the multicultural educational environment is a part of the educational environment representing the set of conditions that affect the formation of a personality, its readiness for effective inter-ethnic and intercultural interaction, empathy, preservation of national identity and understanding of other cultures and ethnic cultures, tolerance towards the representatives of other cultures and ethnic groups.

In our opinion, the main function of a multiethnic educational environment in a technical university is to provide a tolerant attitude and effective interaction between the subjects of the educational process, subject to create an environment that allows the student to understand the cultural values, norms and behavior patterns of their own and other peoples; create a positive experience of interethnic and intercultural interaction.[1]

Thus, multicultural educational environment, on the one hand, promotes the formation of national identity of the personality, prepares students for understanding other cultures, recognition and acceptance of cultural diversity.

Related to all above, it becomes very important to study the humanities. Humanitarian knowledge contributes to the development of harmonious human relations with the environment. This demonstrates the importance of humanitarian component in the educational process in a technical university.

A special role belongs to the discipline of "Foreign Language" in connection with the need to train qualified specialists with not only knowledge in their specialty. They need to be able to participate in discussions with foreign colleagues, to negotiate and just to communicate. The most important fact is that the knowledge of foreign languages helps to see the country in terms of crossing the cultures, to feel the diversity of the world, to tolerate manifestations of a vision of the world and a different way of life. [3-4]

So modern competitive specialist needs to know not only the foreign language but also the culture, traditions and peculiarities of the peoples of other countries. The study of national cultural features is a prerequisite for the formation of the ability to conduct a dialogue of cultures as well as tolerance towards people of other religions, other traditions, customs, attitudes and beliefs, and this, in its turn implies the formation of a multicultural competence.

It should be noted that it is the study of national and cultural features at the lessons of discipline of "Foreign Language" and the development of a multicultural competence that influence on the formation of not only the internal readiness for the active conducting professional activity, but also confidence in their own abilities in a multicultural society.

The influence of national and cultural aspects of discipline "Foreign Language" on the development of the personality of a student in a technical university is in the formation of tolerant attitude towards the representatives of other cultures, which is a prerequisite for improving the competitiveness of the future specialist. [5]

Realization of the concept of multicultural education can help to achieve more significant results in the preparation of highly competitive specialists of international level.

So, we can conclude that multicultural education plays an important role in the professional development of the personality of a student in a technical university.

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