ERIC Number: ED268427
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 46
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A Curriculum on Obedience to Authority.
Bushman, Brad J.
This document is a curriculum guide on obedience to authority based on the assumption that informed, educated, thoughtful individuals are more likely to make intelligent decisions regarding obedience or disobedience to authority figures' requests than are uninformed individuals. The intent of this curriculum is to expose students to a small number of the variables that influence obedience to authority in the hope that this exposure will help them make intelligent decisions regarding obedience or disobedience to authority. Seven goals are described: (1) expose students to real life examples of obedience to authority; (2) expose students to experimental research on obedience to authority; (3) help students develop the capacity to think critically about authority; (4) help students recognize consequences of obedience to malevolent authority; (5) help students discriminate between just and unjust requests; (6) help students develop philosophies of obedience to authority; and (7) help students make intelligent decisions about obedience. Learning objectives, activities, and assignments are provided for each of the 6 days of the curriculum. Appendices include comprehension guides and a cause and effect pattern guide to the texts used in the curriculum; the in-class final examination; and an instruction sheet for a take-home personal philosophy paper. (ABL)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Tests/Questionnaires
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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