Multicultural Education and Tolerance from Social Capital Perspective

Abstract

This article discusses social capital and how social capital in the form of social values, social norms, social trust, social networks, and social bonds can support multicultural education and tolerance. Multicultural education can be carried out by integrating knowledge, reconstructing knowledge, developing attitudes, empowering schools, and developing skills. This study describes social capital through user participation in networks, trust, reciprocity, social norms, and values. Research shows that social capital can help build tolerance and multicultural education and improve performance efficiency. Therefore, paying attention to social capital in education and building strong social networks to support multicultural education and tolerance is important.