FORMATION THE MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY FUTURE TEACHER

The article is aimed at theoretical substantiation and experimental verification the effectiveness of the university future teacher multicultural competence process formation. The main research methods were: general, specific, empirical and statistical. As a result of the study it was substantiated the need to develop personal and professional qualities of the future teacher during four stages: unconscious multicultural incompetence, conscious multicultural incompetence, conscious multicultural competence, unconscious multicultural competence. The selection and structuring of the content at each stage was carried out in accordance with the educational program of master's training. The theoretically substantiated content of the future teacher multicultural education was being realized in the conditions of using the traditional and interactive forms process organization of multicultural education. The practical value of research consists in creation of the educational and methodological complex for the formation of the future teacher multicultural competence. The experimental verification confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed content, certain forms and methods of the university future teacher multicultural education. The results of the experiment showed an increase in the level of personal and professional multicultural competence components in the experi-mental groups. In a subsequent study it is needed problem of the mass media influence on the formation of the future teacher's personality as a person of culture needs further study; foreign experience in training teachers for multicultural education; the problem of improving and filling psychological and pedagogical disciplines with multicultural content; statistics on the state of the multicultural education system in Ukraine and abroad.