The effects of education on tolerance: Research of students’ social and ethnic attitudes

Abstract

© 2015, Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research. All rights reserved. The paper considers the concept of tolerance in different scholars’ works and applies it to determine the notion for the Russian educational environment. Tolerance is viewed as a quality of a person which firstly is formed in the course of socialization throughout life and manifests itself in various fields. A significant role of education, combined with sports and social events in the personality development of each participant of the process is proved. Ethnic, social and personal tolerance were studied and analyzed.