Multicultural education and its importance for society

Abstract. The article examines the problem of multicultural education and demonstrates its enormous role for society. It is sated that in the modern world and in modern conditions, when the pace of globalization, integration is increasing, the problem of tolerance, intolerance to each other becomes of great importance. Globalization has a great potential for education. On the one hand, there is a tremendous effect on the part of macro-civilizations. Such an influx exerts considerable pressure on the cultural values of small ethnic groups. But, on the other hand, the process of globalization carries qualitatively new changes in culture. This process can have a positive effect on changing the thinking of different cultures as people begin to understand other cultures better and notice not only differences but also the similarity between their culture and other ones. Keywords: multicultural education, dialogue of cultures, intercultural communication, tolerance, intolerance.