Fundamentals of Socio-Cultural Environment in Managing the Development of Multicultural Competence of Teachers

The relevance of the problem of socio-cultural environment in the management of the development of teachers' multicultural competence involves strengthening the integrative and cultural status of the subjects of the educational process. The purpose of the study is to cover the specific features of the socio-cultural environment in the management of the development of teachers' multicultural competence. To achieve this purpose, a set of modern general scientific approaches (personal, axiological, systemic, activity, synergetic, and competence-based) and methods (theoretical methods – analysis, synthesis, generalisation, comparison, empirical methods-observation, ranking) were used to help clarify the specific features of socio-cultural environment in the management of the teachers' multicultural competence development. Based on the theoretical and methodological analysis of the research problem, it is determined that the multicultural competence development is a process that is consciously organised and managed, and the process of managing the development of future teachers' multicultural competence is relevant and understudied. It was also noted that multiculturalism constitutes an important condition for sustainable social development and ensures the integration of each person into the world cultural and educational space, and multicultural competence of teachers is the result of multicultural education. The specific features of the socio-cultural environment are considered as a specific social space of the educational institution, which is described by coexistence and interaction of different and equal cultures, communication of many ethnic groups, simultaneous study and use of different languages, traditions, folk customs, and more. It is emphasised that the socio-cultural environment contributes to the growth of cultural values of each subject of the educational process of a modern school