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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

Evidence

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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title Programs should facilitate cognitive disequilibrium so students question ethnocentric views and consider other cultural perspectives
description Programs should facilitate cognitive disequilibrium so students question ethnocentric views and consider other cultural perspectives
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2007
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