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ERIC Number: EJ610591
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
Understanding, Diversity, and Consensus.
Best, David
Oxford Review of Education, v24 n3 p329-35 Sep 1998
Argues that there are four senses of understanding that are relevant to the possibility of educating for tolerance and consensus in situations of diversity in beliefs and attitudes. Contends that education in understanding, by teachers sensitive to the abilities of children, could make a contribution to the promotion of tolerance. (CMK)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Empathy, Ideology, Moral Values, Nazism, Slavery, Social Influences, Teacher Role, World Views
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Tolerance