Education for Tolerance [microform] : An Experiment in Counter-Authoritarianism / Nathir G. Sara
- Bib ID:
- 5309078
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Sara, Nathir G
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED129729
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977
- 23 p.
- Summary:
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Authoritarianism is a negative factor in learning as well as a social problem. If teachers can be trained to counter authoritarianism, they can begin to break the vicious circle of people growing up in an authoritarian culture, becoming authoritarian themselves, and molding their institutions and overall behaviors in an authoritarian fashion. This study was designed to examine the effect of a treatment on the authoritarian level of a group of education students from highly authoritarian societies. Experimental and control groups of graduate students at the American University of Beirut were studied to determine specific elements in the learning-teaching process that would produce greater tolerance among learners. Such elements would then become primary components in a regular program of instruction offered to a group of learners to produce the desired effect. The findings reported confirm that authoritarianism may be reduced through learning experiences specially designed for this purpose, but not through general education. Questions for further study include the permanence of change in attitude and whether different treatment is required depending upon the degree of authoritarianism demonstrated. The findings of the study can be implemented in both preservice and inservice training programs. (JMF)
- Notes:
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Authoritarianism
- Behavior Change
- Education Majors
- Inservice Teacher Education
- Learning
- Learning Experience
- Learning Processes
- Political Attitudes
- Preservice Teacher Education
- Sociology
- Student Attitudes
- Student Teaching
- Teacher Attitudes
- Teacher Education
- Teacher Educators
- Teacher Workshops
- American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1977
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