Features of multicultural competence of young people with different types of ethnic identity

Abstract

The article analyzes the multicultural competence of an individual based on his ethnic socialization. The authors note that multicultural competence determines the life orientation of an individual, the ability to orientate in various spheres of life, and determines the quality of personal relationships in a multicultural society and also presupposes the formation of a personality capable of high-quality, effective life activity in a multicultural society, motivated to understand, differentiate and take into account the differences of ethnic groups. In the course of the empirical research, the ethnic composition of the respondents’ families, self-identification of students with ethnic groups, the attitude of respondents to their ethnic groups / affiliations, the type of ethnic identity, its dominant components and multicultural competence of the individual were investigated. The study revealed significant differences in the parameters of ethnic identity and multicultural competence of mono-ethnic, bi-ethnic, zero, marginal groups, and their specificity and features were described.

Adaptation of young people from foreign countries based on the study of spiritual and moral subjects

“…This study explores how the youth from foreign countries is adapting to the new societies and new cultures based on the example of the activities carried out by the Don State Technical University (DSTU). The topicality of the research is rather urgent because the number of international students in the Russian universities is increasing each year so to keep on increasing the number of international students in the Russian HEIs, it is necessary to research experience and best practices of adaptation and new educational technologies which can make the educational process more comfortable and understandable for the international students [1]. If we consider the case of the Don State Technical University, the priority area of work with the foreign youth is to work out and to apply new approaches and methods of education process based on the study of spiritual and moral values to integrate the youth from foreign countries to the local community and to foster interosculation of different cultures.…”