EXTRACURRICULAR RESEARCH ACTIVITY AS MEANS OF FORMATION OF ETHNO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS
One of the major problems of modern society development is the formation of a genuine cultural identity of the person and search of new cultural bases for social cohesion, which are associated with the processes of economic and cultural globalization, bearing along with advantage and destructive changes in social and individual consciousness. The present article is devoted to the study of problems of formation of ethno-cultural competence of students. The authors believe that extracurricular research activities is a very effective means of formation of ethno-cultural competencies. The article considers the process of formation of ethno-cultural competence of students of secondary vocational education as a natural transition phase that is required for Pro-motion of the individual to the universal culture. The paper presents the results of the analysis of modern understanding of the definition of ethno-cultural competence in psychological and pedagogical literature. The article presents the results of the work of creative lab, created by the authors in the framework of study.