
Engaging Diverse Viewpoints Focuses On The Opportunities Students Have On Today's College Campuses To Weigh Multiple Viewpoints As They Make Judgments, And Examines Their Perceptions Of Their Own Development Of Capacities To Use Evidence-based Reasoning And Engagement With Difference In Problem-solving. Engaging Diverse Viewpoints Explores What Aspects Of The College Experience Promote Engaging Difference And Appreciation For Multiple Perspectives. Section I Of The Report Discusses The Gap Between Perceptions About What Participating Campuses Professed As Their Desired Learning For Students And What Those Campuses Actually Offered Educationally. Section Ii Highlights Views About Student Attitudes And Behavior Related To Respecting Diverse Viewpoints, While Section Iii Reports On Demographic Differences Regarding Perspective-taking Among Students And Campus Professionals. Section Iv Examines Sources Of Support Followed By An Investigation, In Section V, Of Which Activities Enhance This Capacity. Section Vi Discusses Institutional Differences That Surfaced In The Data, While Sections Vii And Viii Examine Insights From The Qualitative Data, First From Students And Then From Campus Professionals. Section Ix Offers Concluding Thoughts About What Matters In College To Foster Perspective-taking Across Educational Contexts.
Page Count:
242
Publication Date:
1986-01-01
ISBN-10:
0911696202
ISBN-13:
9780911696202
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