Re:Faculty group calls on Yale to make teaching 'distinct fr...
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @01:06PM
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The educating someone on a topic can be distinct in both process and outcome from simply converting them to a position.
conversion is a primary goal of activism, and education can be counterproductive to this goal.
Selective information, misinformation, and intentional generation of bias are all ways to convert someone to a position. You can often see these tools utilized by activists of all types.
Teachers will always have positions given that they are human. However, not all humans deploy the same intellectual honesty.
For example, if someone is teaching about a subject where they have a position, they can present the strongest or weakest counter position, or none at all.
A classic example of this is how basically every country depict their national history in schools.
conversion is a primary goal of activism, and education can be counterproductive to this goal.
Selective information, misinformation, and intentional generation of bias are all ways to convert someone to a position. You can often see these tools utilized by activists of all types.
Teachers will always have positions given that they are human. However, not all humans deploy the same intellectual honesty.
For example, if someone is teaching about a subject where they have a position, they can present the strongest or weakest counter position, or none at all.
A classic example of this is how basically every country depict their national history in schools.