Polyculturality in modern education, or why polyculturality is different from multiculturism

the article examines the problems of implementing the principle of polyculturality in modern education, while studying the genesis of this concept in the following categories: «poly», «culture», «polyculturality» and «polyculturality in education». Comparative analysis of the similarly in the concepts of «polyculturality» and «multiculturalism» has been carried out as part of this research: the former concept is aimed at creating a unified society by representatives of different cultures (national and religious affiliations), the latter concept does not project situations in which all members of society must adhere to the principles of polyculturality, so that in such a society representatives of any culture, living in the same society, live in their «world». For both the concepts the common component is the category of tolerance. In general, the article is devoted to the analysis of the polycultural educational environment of the educational institution.