MULTICULTURALISM IN EDUCATION: HISTORY AND MODERN TRENDS

The study of multiculturalism in the modern world and conditions is an urgent scientific pedagogical problem. influence integration processes leads to a change opinion about need for tolerant relations between different cultures relation each other. Currently, context development international relations, cultural exchange taking place at personal, national, levels. Therefore, education, there culture communication, dialogue countries. This process, together with national culture, enriches both dominant small cultures. closedness individual ethnic communities conflicts on religious grounds result complex set social factors. One them ignoring factors polyethnicity education training multinational community. Accounting becoming priority civilization states. Its observance necessary condition democratization public life. Conditions effective are largely outside pedagogy depend sociopolitical institutions.The article reveals peculiarities emergence ideas education. analysis literature carried out order systematize data views scientists multicultural educational process historical periods. Clear chronological definition monocultural as counterbalance studied. tendencies necessity its introduction environment determined.
 Keywords: culture; intercultural interaction; multiculturalism; education; assimilation cultures; “melting furnace”.