ВИХОВАННЯ ТОЛЕРАНТНОСТІ У ШКОЛЯРІВ В УМОВАХ ПОЛІКУЛЬТУРНОГО СУСПІЛЬСТВА

Urgency of the research. The tendencies of modern society in social, cultural, economic, political terms have led to the formation of a polycultural society - a space where representatives of different ethnolinguistic, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds live and study. Target setting. Among the spiritual and moral values of the schoolchildren’s personality, the education of a citizen with a tolerant outlook, capacity for intercultural, interconfessional dialogue and mutual understanding with representatives of other people holds a special place. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. In scientific research, the problem of forming a tolerant personality in a multicultural society is viewed from the standpoint of multicultural education and upbringing (P. Kendzior, H. Filipchuk, S. Nieto, S. Schechter), teaching tolerant relations (V. Boichenko, L. Honcharenko, V. Zasluzheniuk, V. Kucher), formation of schoolchildren’s attitude to tolerance as to socially significant value (M. Bekoieva, A. Kapska, H. Rozlutska). However, the problem of education of schoolchildren in a multicultural society has not been properly reflected in psychological and pedagogical research. The research objective. To reveal the particularities of education of schoolchildren’s tolerance in the conditions of multicultural society. The statement of basic materials. Polycultural education is considered as a process of creating conditions for schoolchildren to develop a worldview setting for constructive cooperation by engaging in ethnic, native and world cultures, developing planetary consciousness on this basis, forming readiness and ability to live in a multinational society. The process of education of tolerance in schoolchildren a multicultural educational environment is considered in three aspects: acquiring a particular philosophy of tolerance as a value; culture of tolerant consciousness; attitude to the appropriate reality that is embodied in real behaviour. The conditions for the efficiency of education of tolerance in schoolchildren in the context of a multicultural society are: multicultural content of the educational process; organization of a tolerant environment that ensures tolerant interaction between the subjects of the educational process; the use of interactive, personalityoriented, reflexive and dialogic technologies, which are aimed to develop the tolerant qualities of schoolchildren; developed tolerant qualities of the teacher’s personality and his/her competence in the issue of education of tolerance. Conclusion. It is established that at the present stage of society development the solution of the problem of education of tolerance in schoolchildren in conditions of multiculturalism can be achieved only in the interaction of family, educational institutions, society and the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]