Intergroup Dialogue: Education for a Broad Conception of Civic Engagement

Autor/inn/en	Gurin, Patricia; Nagda, Biren A.; Sorensen, Nicholas
Titel	Intergroup Dialogue: Education for a Broad Conception of Civic Engagement
Quelle	In: Liberal Education, 97 (2011) 2, S.46-51 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0024-1822
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Intergroup Relations; Student Diversity; Experimental Groups; Intergroup Education; Social Integration; Dialogs (Language); Interpersonal Communication; Discourse Analysis; Discourse Communities; Citizen Participation; Citizenship Education; Sensitivity Training; Social Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intergruppenbeziehungen; Multinationale Lerngruppe; Soziale Integration; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Diskursanalyse; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Sensitivitätstraining; Sozialpsychologie
Abstract	Intergroup dialogue provides what students need in order to relate and collaborate across differences, something they have to do in community projects that usually involve interactions across racial, social class, religious, and geographical divides. In this article, the authors demonstrate the efficacy of intergroup dialogue, drawing from a multi-university study involving fifty-two parallel field experiments in which students were randomly assigned either to dialogue courses or to control groups. The results show that, as compared with the control groups, the dialogue students experienced greater increases in their understanding of race, gender, and income inequality; their intergroup empathy and motivation to bridge differences; and their commitment to postcollege social and political action. Moreover, they also experienced greater increases in the efficacy and frequency of their intergroup action during college, as well as in their cognitive openness and positivity in intergroup situations. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10