Transcript Multiculcural Language Education in Murmansk Region

MULTI-CULTURAL
EDUCATION IN THE
MURMANSK REGION:
PROBLEMS AND
PERSPECTIVES
Alexandra Burtseva,
PhD in Pedagogy,
Murmansk State Humanities University
THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF
UPBRINGING AND EDUCATION IN
CULTURALLY DIVERSE INTERACTION
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aimed at establishing favorable relations of
interchange and mutual understanding between
different cultures;
takes into account the cultural identity;
contributes to gaining knowledge about other
cultures, awareness of differences and similarities
between cultures, traditions and way of life;
generates a positive attitude toward cultural
diversity;
provides equal educational opportunities for people of
all cultural groups.
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TASK OF THE MULTI-CULTURAL
EDUCATION:
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Deepen knowledge about native culture as
condition of integration to other cultures;
Form notions about cultural diversity in the
world & Russia;
Develop positive relations between cultural
differences;
Create conditions for understanding other
cultures;
Form & develop skills for effective cooperation
with representatives of other cultures;
Bring up children as tolerant & humanistic
persons.
MULTI-ETHNIC STRUCTURE OF
STUDENTS IN OUR REGION
983 foreign children (data on 01.10.2012):
 536 - school age children and 447 - kindergarten
age children
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Countries of origination – former Soviet
Republics:
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia,
 Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan,
 Ukraine, Belorussia,
 Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova
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CONDITIONS FOR
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN
THE MURMANSK REGION
Tolerance
 Cultural diversity
 Lack of national schools
 Lack of special preparatory schools/courses of the
Russian language for foreign children
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APPROACHES
Crosscultural
Multicultural
• Culture of title
nation is main part,
• Other cultures as
extra components
•Equal dialog
between
cultures
CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACH
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According to the data, the Russian educational
system uses this approach, as reflected in the
structure of educational standards.
REALIZATION MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION IN RF
The base component 70%
 The regional component of 25%
 Schools component of 5%
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30% of teaching time can be devoted to the study of
regional culture and / or cultures, native to the
students. Under the regional component can be
studied as a culture of neighbors affecting the
traditional dominant culture.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCIES
= the development of
multicultural
competencies
+ attitudes of nonnative cultures
Attitudes of the
traditional dominant
culture
PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES OF
MULTI-CULTURAL EDUCATION IN
THE MURMANSK REGION
Problems
Perspectives
Lack of preparatory courses of the
Developing preparatory courses of
Russian language for foreign children the Russian language for foreign
children
No criteria to check the language
competence for study at school
Developing criteria to check the
language competence for study at
school
Lack of pedagogical staff, ready to
work in the Multi-cultural
educational system
Developing the system of Multicultural education in teacher training
and additional education
Not very high level of tolerant tools
among parents, teachers,
schoolchildren
Lack of special students’ books
adapted for multi-cultural conditions
Developing students’ books adapted
for multi-cultural conditions