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ERIC Number: EJ191415
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Education and Identity.
Mishler, Mary MacDonald
Oxford Review of Education, v4 n2 p197-203 1978, 78
Examines desirability of educational courses which encourage students to develop a certain kind of psychological or social identity. Examples are ethnic studies, women's studies, and courses to enforce national solidarity. Concludes that courses which deal with students' identities serve mainly to reinforce the students' neuroses. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Political Influences, Productive Thinking, Self Concept, Standards, Student Attitudes
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Language: English
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