THE MULTICULTURAL APPROACH IN THE CONTENTS OF MODERN SCHOOL HISTORY EDUCATION: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS

• Oksana Petrenko

  Rivne State University for the Humanities

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6906-3542

The article provides the results of the analysis of the theoretical foundations of the problem of studying the essence of the multicultural approach in the contents of modern school history education,describes the peculiarities of its implementation in preparing the youth generation for the fulfillment of civic duty, which occurs in the situation of creating democratic traditions in modern Ukrainian society. Five theoretical concepts of designing the content of school historical education through the updating of the multicultural approach and disclosure of its essence have been studied and characterised, to ensure its effective implementation in the education and training of a growing personality. The first concept: re-orientation of the educational process to the internal development of the growing personality; the second one: focus on the competence approach in the content of school history education; the third: solving the issues of civic formation and developing a multicultural position of the growing personality; the fourth: implementation of the principle of historical local history in the contents of modern school historical education; the fifth: determination of the creation of an integrative model of studying the content of school historical education. The author identifies and outlines the leading dominants in the structure of the multicultural position of the individual, which has been formed in the content of school history education, such as the formation of needs, motives, ideals, and beliefs regarding the display of personal respect and recognition of the self-worth of other nations or ethnic groups; a profound study of history, culture, preservation of the traditions of past generations of one's people, determining the processes of integration into other cultures; inadmissibility of the division of people by skin colour, gender, place of residence, religion, etc; the presence of empathy in the processes of interaction with representatives of other nationalities.

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