The Pedagogical Potential of Cultural-Educational Preschool Environment in the Inter-Ethnic Tolerance Upbringing Process

Abstract

In the article the author focuses attention on the need of early education of inter-ethnic
tolerance and anticipates increasing of the efficiency of the process by the pedagogical potential of
cultural-educational environment of preschool. Author investigates the Ukrainian and foreign
scientific approaches of the interpretation the concept "cultural-educational environment" and
identifies its major components. The paper accented that preschool educational space helps to
upbring foremost ethic-cultural competence of preschoolers and then nurture respect and
friendliness to other nationalities.
Author outlines a significant role of the organization and specific filling with different objects in
the preschool playing area, proposes the ways to model it.