Facilitate cognitive disequilibrium about ethnocentric views¶

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Description¶

This strategy directs program designers to build experiences that deliberately unsettle students' existing cultural assumptions. The article states that a "graduate program must facilitate a cognitive disequilibrium during which students identify and question their ethnocentric views" and consider the efficacy of other cultural perspectives. It is implemented through curriculum content that challenges students' taken-for-granted beliefs so they can move toward cultural competence.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Program experiences must be designed so that students encounter perspectives that challenge their own ethnocentric views.

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Graduate students in educational leadership preparation programs

Target Learning Goals¶

• Identifying and questioning ethnocentric views
• Evaluating the efficacy of other cultural perspectives

Related Strategies¶

• Explicitly Discuss Different Perspectives
• Facilitating Difficult Dialogues

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Farmer & Higham. (2007). Culturally Responsive Leadership: Graduate Program Egalitarianism. https://www.ucea.org