Cooperation can accomplish more and build more character than competition. Misunderstanding of Ecology Myths surrounding competition appear to stem from misunderstood ecological and evolutionary thought. The fittest refers to fitting the environment, not domination over others. It is person-environment fit, not person dominating environment. Cooperation and participation by all can replace competition and dominance.
Hierarchy can give way to differentiation.
Under the conditions of participation, celebration of diversity, and cooperation, perhaps a campus ecosystem more suitable to the positive growth of the human condition can replace the current competitive processes. The modern crisis. The case against competition Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. Community, conflict, and ways of knowing. The monograph has served as one of the critical pieces of literature in the development and utilization of the ecological perspective in college student personnel work.