ОСНОВИ ДОСЛІДНИЦЬКОЇ СПРЯМОВАНОСТІ ПОЛІКУЛЬТУРНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНЬОГО ВЧИТЕЛЯ-ФІЛОЛОГА В УМОВАХ ПОЛІСЬКОГО РЕГІОНУ

The article examines the issue of multicultural training of future philology teachers in the context of the Polissia region, with emphasis on the research orientation of multicultural content. It is revealed that multicultural training explores the regularities of multicultural education development as an integral part of general education, reveals its role in the further advancement of pedagogical theory and practice, and helps shape highly educated, spiritually rich, and morally resilient individuals — worthy citizens and specialists of a democratic European state. As one of the components of multicultural training, the authors analyze the ethnocultural training of future philology teachers. Ethnocultural training occupies a central place in the formation of scientific and practical pedagogical knowledge and is a relevant issue in the development of modern educational and upbringing systems in Ukraine, particularly in the Polissia region. The article highlights that ethnocultural training is an effective and activity-based characteristic of ethnological education, fosters a Ukrainian-centered worldview in students, and ensures an organic connection with contemporary principles of professional pedagogical education. Attention is also drawn to specific directions of ethnocultural training – namely, civic, spiritual and moral, ethnosocial, ethnovaleological, and familial aspects. The authors emphasize the importance of teaching students to identify multicultural issues, analyze them, distinguish key ideas underlying possible solutions, and develop constructive schemes and practical strategies while still in higher pedagogical education. Therefore, at Zhytomyr State University, based on the research and methodological laboratory «Educational-Upbringing System of Polissia» – which closely cooperates with the Department of Ukrainian Studies at Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic – the ideas of multicultural training for future philology teachers are systematically promoted. This takes place at scientific and practical conferences, seminars, and student internships. These platforms address topics such as the study of national ideas in the pedagogical work of leading Ukrainian scholars, the development of Czech school education, and the ideas of ethnocultural training. There is also active international cooperation in professional and pedagogical activities with educational institutions in other regions – particularly in Poland, whose national minority is quite numerous in the Zhytomyr region – making issues of Polish schooling highly relevant in the multicultural training of future philology teachers.