A Multicultural View Is a More Cognitively Complex View

Cognitive Development and Multicultural Education

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ID3758648
AuthorsPatricia M King (0000-0002-1108-7741, Bowling Green State University), Bettina C Shuford (Bowling Green State University)
Year1996
Volume40
Issue2
Pages153-164
Publication date1996-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764296040002006
OpenAlexW2088032707
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

This article introduces the Reflective Judgment model of intellectual development (King & Kitchener, 1994), which illustrates how reasoning skills develop in adulthood, and shows how the development of these skills is relevant to multicultural education on college campuses. Many students do not understand the basis for differing points of view on controversial issues and develop their own judgments based on whim or others' opinions rather than on an analysis of the evidence. Instructors may better understand students' justifications for their beliefs in light of the students' different assumptions about knowledge and how it is gained. Suggestions to faculty members for promoting intellectual development are offered in the context of multicultural education

Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Engineering ethics · Intellectual development · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Challenges and Innovations · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Engineering · Psychology

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