Model of Ethnic-Cultural Interaction of Youth in Education Spaces: Conceptual Basics and Empirical Reality

In the context of modern changes in Russian society associated with population migration and an increase in the cultural heterogeneity of society, it becomes necessary to create conditions for the interaction of young people of different ethnic groups and cultures. The article proposes a model of ethnocultural interaction of youth in the educational space, which is being tested on the basis of the Institute of Childhood of the Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University. The purpose of the article is to substantiate and describe a model of ethnocultural interaction of youth in the educational space, which will allow minimizing intolerant manifestations in the youth environment, as well as allowing students to effectively interact in a multicultural space. Methodology. The modeling method and design approach were used. They made it possible to correlate the actual processes of ethnocultural interaction of young people in the educational space and the increase in ethnic culture among young people. The methodological basis of the research includes: approaches to defining the essence of ethnocultural interaction Yu.V. Harutyunyan, L.M. Drobizheva, N.M. Lebedeva, G.U. Soldatova, T.G. Stefanenko, A.A. Susokolova, O. I. Shkaratan, etc. Results. The research has shown that at present there is an objective need to implement the tasks of forming a culture of interethnic communication in the student environment. The proposed model, from the point of view of the authors, allows solving these problems. Conclusion. The tasks set in the study were solved. The results obtained can be used in the educational process of higher educational institutions.