Programs should facilitate cognitive disequilibrium so students question ethnocentric views and consider other cultural perspectives¶
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q1 i? A graduate program must facilitate a cognitive disequilibrium during which students identify and question their ethnocentric views, consider the efficacy of other cultural perspectives, and move toward cultural competence. → Farmer & Higham 2007
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Farmer & Higham 2007¶
Farmer & Higham. (2007). Culturally Responsive Leadership: Graduate Program Egalitarianism. https://www.ucea.org
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Authors' program-design recommendation in the curriculum-content discussion, presented as a normative requirement rather than a measured outcome. The paper states a "graduate program must facilitate a cognitive disequilibrium" in which students question ethnocentric views; no study or effect size is reported.
"graduate program must facilitate a cognitive disequilibrium during which students identify and question their ethnocentric views, consider the efficacy of other cultural perspectives"
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Programs should facilitate cognitive disequilibrium so students question ethnocentric views and consider other cultural perspectives |
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Programs should facilitate cognitive disequilibrium so students question ethnocentric views and consider other cultural perspectives |
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