Campus Units
Education, School of
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
Winter 2011
Journal or Book Title
Diversity and Democracy
Volume
14
Issue
1
Abstract
One need only watch the nightly news to understand why greater attention to taking others' perspectives seriously might be needed in the United States. Signs of disrespect and intolerance abound across the ideological spectrum: in Representative Joe Wilson yelling "You lie!" at President Obama last year, in Harry Reid comparing opponents of health care reform to supporters of slavery, in Tea Partiers likening President Obama to Hitler. In modern political discourse, open-minded discussions are few and far between, and leaders who carefully weigh the evidence and change their minds in response are even rarer.
Copyright Owner
Association of American Colleges & Universities
Copyright Date
2011
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Reason, Robert D., "Encouraging Perspective-Taking among College Students" (2011). Education Publications. 76.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/edu_pubs/76
Included in
Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons, Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
Comments
This article is published as Reason, R. D. (2011). Encouraging perspective taking in college students. Diversity & Democracy: Civic Learning for Shared Futures, 14(1). Posted with permission.