The twenty-first century has allowed a modern person to make many important discoveries, and the development of new technologies has greatly simplified our life and made it more comfortable. But for some reason this did not allow homo sapiens to become kinder and more tolerant of each other. The eternal struggle between good and evil still continues in our progressive time.
As a result, news channels are full of alarming reports of terrorism, aggression, and criminal incidents. Therefore, today the problem of finding the best methods to eradicate intolerance reaches enormous proportions and is extremely urgent. An important step towards its solution can be considered the Day of Tolerance, which is celebrated annually on November 16.
International Day for Tolerance
Two decades ago, in 1995, the 28th General Conference of UNESCO was held, at which they adopted the Declaration of Principles of Tolerance and solemnly announced their intention to annually celebrate World Tolerance Day. In this document, the concept of “tolerance” (or “tolerance”) is considered as an understanding and acceptance of the multifacetedness, diversity, and identity of cultures existing on our planet. This is respect for other people, despite their chosen forms of self-expression and ways of manifesting their own individuality.
The Declaration states that this is human nature: we are all different, and at the same time equal, regardless of appearance, nationality, social status, values or behavior. Tolerance Day is designed to emphasize this community.
The future of mankind is in unity
Unfortunately, intolerance exists, continuing to constitute a threat to peace and harmony on Earth. Therefore, humanity, having tasted the bitterness of exhausting wars, has chosen tolerance as the fundamental principle of morality.
Increasingly, we come to the understanding that intransigence and uncompromising must disappear, and efforts to prevent emerging conflicts and overcome existing conflicts must come to the fore. A wonderful reminder of such a need is, in fact, the
International Day of Tolerance. The activities he foresees best teach us unity, justice and respect.
The path to harmony with the outside world
The origin of the term "tolerance" is directly related to the name of an influential figure in government circles in France at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries - Talleyrand-Perigord.
Prince Talleyrand at one time was one of Napoleon’s close aides. This man managed to hold onto the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs with the repeated change of power - revolutionary, Napoleonic and royal. He was really talented in many areas, but he was especially good at reckoning with the opinions of outsiders, taking into account their character and personal qualities, treating them with respect and at the same time not changing his own principles, smoothing out disputed issues without prejudice to all parties involved. He himself controlled the situation, and did not blindly obey circumstances and opponents.
Using the behavioral line of this politician as an example to follow, influential people of the developed states of our time urge people around the world not to ignore the Day of Tolerance, but rather learn to be wise, loyal, merciful, compassionate and forgiving. After all, it is these qualities that help a person to be in constant harmony with the outside world and achieve success in all his endeavors, regardless of external factors.
Traits of a tolerant and intolerant personality
Tolerant should be considered a person endowed with a special moral quality, which reflects an active social position and the absence of a psychological barrier for constructive communication with representatives of a different nationality, social group, other views, beliefs, worldviews, behavior.
An intolerant person shows such qualities as nihilism, selfishness, ignoring the opinions of others, intolerance and misunderstanding towards them, irritability, cynicism, neglect, the desire to transfer responsibility to other people, the constant feeling of impending threat and unwarranted aggression.
Family and school: tolerance course
Recent trends show a catastrophic growth in various forms of antisocial behavior in adolescence and youth . Note that the manifestation of rudeness, violence, and cruelty on the part of the younger generation is already familiar in our everyday life.
And this serious problem does not leave indifferent the most conscious members of the public, in particular teachers and parents. Today, a new, unique direction is being developed - the pedagogy of tolerance.
Attention to proper education
The leading task of modern educational policy is to foster tolerance among children, youth and youth. We suggest briefly reviewing the most effective pedagogical ways of developing this quality among schoolchildren during the educational process.
Joint creative activity is considered to be clearly favorable for the cultivation of tolerance, especially if it has a socially significant meaning. An excellent result can be demonstrated by the application of a collective discussion of problems. This approach will enable each student to enter into a conversation, express their own opinion, propose a solution to a particular problem, listen to others and reach a compromise. At the same time, the teacher should not show excessive custody, openly manage the discussion process, which will impede the development of relations between children. Naturally, it is appropriate to plan such events for the Day of Tolerance, which once again emphasizes the importance of the overall activity of the classroom team.
Rules for constructive communication
The accumulation of experience in tolerant interaction is also successfully facilitated by special education of children in the basics of constructive communication. Achieving this goal is best facilitated by communicative trainings that develop the competence of students in the field of establishing contacts with different people and form their ways of overcoming difficulties in communication. With the help of such classes, the organization of Tolerance Day at school will not cause big problems for its organizers. Most importantly, children should remember the following rules: learn to respect your neighbor; listen to what he is talking about; tactfully defend your opinion; look for suitable arguments; be fair; strive to take into account the interests of others.
We celebrate the Day of Tolerance in the school team
In order to form and strengthen in the minds of representatives of the younger generation the values of sociocultural interaction in educational institutions, it is customary to organize not one, but a small cycle of thematic classes throughout the year.
But the most important thing
is the Day of Tolerance at school, the events within its framework are especially instructive and interesting.
Interactive games, holiday concerts, round tables, trainings, lectures, movie shows, excursions and even creative festivals can greatly decorate his program. It is better for children to be active participants in this substantial diversity.