EXPERIENCE IN USING MUSEUM LEARNING TECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE

Abstract

The article presents results of an analysis of the significance of museum pedagogy in the study and popularization among the younger generation of knowledge of the history and cultural heritage of the region within the framework of the educational process. The authors connect the possibilities of using museum technologies in education and upbringing with the development of the principle of a multicultural approach and the development of the principle of dialogue in a broad cultural context. Using the example of the “My Countrymen” project, a wide range of opportunities for students is considered, as well as the use of museum technology experience during teaching and industrial (summer teaching) internships. Based on regional material, the potential of the use of a museum in the development of the cultural life of the city is analyzed, the ways of using project research activities of students of a pedagogical university in the matter of preserving, studying and popularizing the cultural heritage of the Lesser Motherland are described.