TEACHING SOCIAL SKILL THROUGH MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO IMPARTING DIVERSITY

Abstract

Education in multicultural society and global society environment should equip the students to
have cognitive ability and interpersonal skill in order to learn and to work, and to live with
others, coming from different race, religion, language and cultural background. For that
reasons, education should be prepared to have attitude to be ready to cooperate and skill to
create cooperation. Without social skill, human beings cannot interact with others
corresponding to the role in social structure existing in their environment. The best means of
building and socializing multicultural concept in order to bring about conducive social behavior
constituting “Social wisdomâ€, “cultural wisdomâ€, and “moral wisdomâ€, and noble character is
“multiculturalism educationâ€.
Keywords: Social Skill, Multicultural education.