Tolerance & education
Subtitle: learning to live with diversity and difference
By: W. Paul Vogt.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Multicultural education -- United States; Toleration -- Study and teaching -- United States; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- Study and teaching -- United States
Other titles: Tolerance and education
Description: What is tolerance, and how does it differ from prejudice and discrimination? Is tolerance something that can be learned and therefore taught? Through well-articulated discussions, author W. Paul Vogt explores these questions and addresses such issues as: Can people be prepared to cope with diversity and equality? How much tolerance is wise and what in particular should be tolerated? What are the direct and indirect ways in which attitudes and values are learned?

And do different types of tolerance require educational processes unique for each type? Reading Tolerance and Education will persuade you that the route to creating an environment in which diversity is welcomed is through the successful teaching of tolerance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-271) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is tolerance?; title: Should we teach tolerance?; title: Does education really foster tolerance?; title: How does education promote tolerance indirectly?; title: Can we teach tolerance directly?; title: Conclusion : implications for policy and practice; title: Conclusion : implications for research.