DIRECTIONS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS

The article reveals the problem of multicultural education, its nature, status and prospects. The opinions of the Ukrainian and foreign educators and psychologists on the issue of multicultural education have been analyzed. The pedagogical conditions, which ensure a successful solution of the tasks of multicultural education and effective functioning of its systems in multinational social and cultural space of the Ukrainian community have been clarified and substantiated. Main directions for the implementation of multicultural education in the modern system of secondary schools have been defined in the paper.