Perspective consciousness: recognizing that one's view of the world is shaped, partial, and not universally shared

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Description

Dimension 1 defines perspective consciousness as "the recognition or awareness on the part of the individual that heor she has a view of the world that is not universally shared" and shaped by influences that escape conscious detection. The essay distinguishes surface opinion from deep, ordinarily unexamined layers of perspective, and argues reform movements surface those deep layers into debatable opinion. Values clarification exercises are cited as one method that can heighten awareness of otherwise unrevealed aspects of perspective.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Deliberate effort and instructional methods that probe the deep layers of perspective, since most people do not spontaneously sense the uniqueness of their own worldview

Constraints

• The essay expects only a dim, groping recognition in the young, not full transcendence of one's cultural cognitive mapping

Target Learners

• Elementary and secondary students

Target Learning Objectives

• Recognizing the existence, malleability, and diversity of perspectives, one's own and others'

Claims

Related Theories

• Four levels of cross-cultural awareness, with believability achieved only at the intellectual-analysis and immersion levels
• Hanvey's attainable global perspective: four components of global awareness
• Hanvey's five-dimension framework for an attainable global perspective

Examples

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Key Sources

• Hanvey, Robert G. (1975). An Attainable Global Perspective. Center for War/Peace Studies. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED116993

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title	Perspective consciousness: recognizing that one's view of the world is shaped, partial, and not universally shared
description	Dimension 1 defines perspective consciousness as "the recognition or awareness on the part of the individual that heor she has a view of the world that is not universally shared" and shaped by influences that escape c...
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