Ethnocultural competencies of a teacher in the context of education digitalization

Abstract

The topicality of this research problem is based on the necessity to create a digital educational environment and expand prospects of online education that is realized in correspondence with the project “Modern digital educational environment”, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation within the framework of implementing the state-run program “Education development” in 2013-2020. In the context of education digitalization, the requirements for teachers’ ethnocultural competencies also change and acquire new content. Consequently, the aim of the research is to elaborate and analyze the content of ethnocultural competencies in the context of education digitalization as well as to reveal and experimentally verify the effectiveness of practical experience of an educational institution in forming future teachers’ ethnocultural competencies. This article discusses the experience of the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy of Mari State University in this direction. Research methods: theoretical methods, аs far as empirical methods are concerned, a questionnaire and a pedagogical experiment were used. The 50 participants of this experiment are fourth- and fifth-year students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Pedagogy. Results and recommendations. These research results conclude that it is necessary to implement system-based and civilizational approaches when forming ethnocultural competencies of future teachers in the context of education digitalization. In this case, it will be possible to form a person adequate to the digital economy and able to use digital technologies in their ethnically oriented work. These research results can be applied to design curriculums and academic course syllabuses of higher education as well as to carry out comparative studies for improvement of education quality of future teachers.