FORMATION OF TOLERANCE IN STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AS A PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEM

• Ірина Проценко

  Сумський державний педагогічний університет імені А.С.Макаренка

The article, based on the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, analyzes the essence of the concept of «tolerance», as a patient attitude to other people, respect for the opinions of others, the ability to listen, understand another person.  The issue of forming students' tolerance as a pedagogical problem is considered.  Criteria for teacher activity have been developed, which is aimed at forming tolerance in students of pedagogical institutions of higher education.  The reasons for the lack of tolerance are identified: socio-economic problems in the family and society, natural disasters, educational inertia of parents towards children, aggression that prevails on TV screens.

Based on the analysis of foreign and domestic scientific and pedagogical literature, it is determined that tolerance is a patient attitude to other people, respect for the opinion of others, the ability to listen, understand another person;  it is a personal property that is manifested in communication and consists in self-control, respect, understanding, empathy of other people, even if their thoughts, prejudices, racial or religious affiliation are different from their own

It was found that the teacher in the process of forming tolerance should take into account the skills of group communication, the ability to think practically, to give knowledge in the field of politics, culture, human rights, national relations.  The article presents the results of a survey of students of higher education and teachers on the two functions of the educational process - education and training.

In the presented article the conditions and stages of formation of tolerance in the educational process are developed.  The main types of tolerance are characterized: innate and acquired tolerance.  It is determined that education in the spirit of tolerance should be aimed at counteracting the influence that causes feelings of fear and alienation from others.

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