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ERIC Number: EJ322874
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Consensus or Diversity? A Grave Dilemma in Schooling.
Lindsey, Alfred J.
Journal of Teacher Education, v36 n4 p31-39 Jul-Aug 1985
The author argues that social institutions such as schools and universities have an obligation to teach American consensus high level values as right and true and to inculcate in the students a methodological concept of authority in solving problems where there is no agreement. A response by Asa Hilliard III is offered. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Futures (of Society), Group Unity, Multicultural Education, Nationalism, Social Integration, Social Values, Values Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Also see p37-38, Asa Hilliard III, "A Response to Cultural Consensus"; and p39, Lindsey, "Let the Reader Decide: Lindsey Responds."