The article presents patriotic education by means ofvocal art in the People's Republic of China at the current stage. The author gives an analysis of the works of Chinese teachers who explore the pedagogical potential of vocal performance for solving the problem of the patriotic education ofmodern youth. The research results by domestic scientists on the role of vocal art in teaching the students of the new millennium to be patriots are thus complemented.

The article deals with the current state of the problem of the influence of mass media on education of children in the USA on the basis of the analysis of the works of American teachers and psychologists who explore the features of influence of mass media on the development of emotional and volitional sphere of a child and his behaviour.

The article deals with the modern works of German scientists on the issue of prevention of deviant behavior of children under 14 years old. The authors identify some special characteristics of this sort of socio-pedagogical work in Germany at the current stage.

There are regarded the basic periods of establishment and development of the system of teaching alternative children in the USA, as well as analyzed the factors that influenced the modern state of the system.

There is covered the issue of origination of critical pedagogy, as well as its main principles which are the basis of the modern conceptions of polycultural education by American scientists.

There is defined the role, the meaning and the contemporary state of the multicultural education in the Russian society. There is touched upon the issue of the official policy in the field of multicultural education in Russia.

Philosophic conception of the pedagogic comparative science is determined as well as its role and significance in the system of contemporary scientific knowledge. The functions of the comparative pedagogy are underlined and revealed. The essence and the content of some aspects of education abroad are analyzed.