Science for Education Today, 2026, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 223–249
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The specifics of preparing future educators for working in a dynamic multicultural environment of the region: Russia’s pivot to the East

Zhukova T. A. 1 (Moscow, Russian Federation), Bogoslovskiy V. I. 2 (Sant-Petersburg, Russian Federation), Drobotenko Y. B. 3 (Omsk, Russian Federation), Gladkaja I. V. 4 (Saint-Persburg, Russian Federation), Dzhurinsky А. N. 5 (Moscow, Russian Federation)
1 Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation; National Research Technological University MISIS
2 Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia,
3 Omsk State Pedagogical University
4 The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
5 Moscow State Pedagogical Univers
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Abstract: 

Introduction. This article examines the search for comprehensive scientific and pedagogical knowledge regarding the specifics of preparing education university students for working in dynamic multicultural environment of the region, which has led to weakening the Eurocentric vector and strengthening the Eastern vector.
The purpose of this study is to identify the specifics of preparing future teachers for working in the region’s new dynamic multicultural environment based on a foresight forecast of the trend characterized by strengthening the Eastern vector.
Materials and Methods. The methodological basis of the article include the systems approach (A.P. Tryapitsyna, A.N. Dzhurinsky), the content analysis of regulatory and strategic documents. In order to achieve the research goal, a context-competence approach (A.A. Verbitsky) and a task-based approach (A.P. Tryapitsyna, N.F. Radionova) were used. The authors applied ideas from the axiological approach (A.V. Kiryakova, G.I. Chizhakova, V. A. Yadova).
Results. The key findings of the study include the following: the analysis of the prerequisites for the strengthening of the ‘Eastern vector’ in the current system of degree-level teacher education in Russia; the substantiation of changes in preparing future teachers that contribute to the development of readiness for professional work in the dynamic multicultural environment of the region; and the presentation of the professional tasks for teachers that ensure successful working in the dynamic multicultural environment of the region, reflecting the strengthening of the ‘Eastern vector’.
Conclusions. The authors identified the specifics of preparing future teachers for professional work in the region’s new, dynamic, multicultural environment based on a foresight forecast of development trends characterized by strengthening the Eastern vector.

Keywords: 

Specificities of teacher education; Professional activities; Continuing teacher education; Multicultural environment of the region; Competency profile; Foresight forecast; Eastern vector of development; Values.

For citation:
Zhukova T. A., Bogoslovskiy V. I., Drobotenko Y. B., Gladkaja I. V., Dzhurinsky А. N. The specifics of preparing future educators for working in a dynamic multicultural environment of the region: Russia’s pivot to the East. Science for Education Today, 2026, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 223–249. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/2658-6762.2604.10
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Date of the publication 31.08.2026