The Prospects of Multicultural Education in Germany and Russia
Vladimir Nikolayevich Aniskin1, Vladimir Igorevich Bogoslovskiy2, Tatiana Valeryanovna Dobudko1, Tatiana Anatolyevna Zhukova1, Svetlana Anatolyevna Pisareva21Samara State Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities, Russia, 443090, Samara, M. Gorkogo st., 65/67 2Herzen State Pedagogical University Russia, 191186, Saint Petersburg, Moika River Emb, 48
Abstract: As the importance of internationalization and globalization has risen, education has changed as well. The process of developing multicultural educational philosophies is a long process that emphasizes the synthesis of various movements throughout a variety of educational systems. The majority of countries examine new pedagogical movements through the perspective of historical frames of reference in the study of pedagogy. Pedagogy is rarely allotted adequately substantial consideration within the framework of pursuing international integration of educational systems. This article presents the overview of the specificity of multicultural education, some of its important early researches, and suggests how the field might develop. Much attention is paid to the views on multicultural education research in Germany and Russia, the importance of comparative studies, the factors of the development of multicultural education and the modules as useful in developing multicultural education. Comparative studies are taking the important role in incorporating multicultural education more systematically. Nowadays, the lack of systemic or unified research in the field of multicultural education in both countries has reduced pedagogy as well as multicultural pedagogy (in Germany) within education to the simple implementation of individual training courses. As a result, multicultural education is more oriented only towards the needs of a single country, rather than towards a system of multicultural interests that consider the interests of Germany and Russia. Specifically, the authors address the further suggestions for future research directions concerning multicultural education development in Germany and Russia.
Keywords: Multicultural education; comparative study; factors and modules of the development of multicultural education Back to TOC