Implementation of multicultural education in teachers’ activities: barriers and opportunities for overcoming them
https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2026-84-2-264-270
Abstract
This article examines the implementation of multicultural education in the work of teachers in Russia’s multinational society.
Based on a review of the scientific literature, the article identifies key trends in the development of this process in schools: from strengthening the ethnocultural component to creating an educational space aimed at fostering a unified civic identity.
The study notes that in the Republic of Tatarstan, multicultural education is implemented in both multilingual and non-multilingual comprehensive schools. Based on a survey of teachers in non-multilingual schools in Kazan and the districts of the Republic of Tatarstan, the article identifies barriers to implementing the multicultural component in their work, namely, the fragmentation of multicultural knowledge, the sporadic inclusion of multicultural content in the educational process, and insufficient mastery of methodological and diagnostic skills.
The article substantiates the need for targeted professional training for multicultural work at the university level and offers recommendations for improving the content of university courses to overcome the identified difficulties and prepare future teachers for systematic multicultural work.
The study was carried out based on the following methods: an analysis of theoretical sources, questionnaires, quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data obtained.
About the Authors
N. R Valiakhmetova
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valiakhmetova Nelly Raisovna, Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor,
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
I. E Yarmakeev
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yarmakeev Iskander Engelevich, Doctor of Pedagogy, Professo
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
R. M. Akhmadullina
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Akhmadullina Rimma Maratovna, Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
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Valiakhmetova N.R., Yarmakeev I.E., Akhmadullina R.M. Implementation of multicultural education in teachers’ activities: barriers and opportunities for overcoming them. Philology and Culture. 2026;(2):264-270. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2026-84-2-264-270
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