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Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
Positive political discourse is the heart of democracy. The purposes of political discourse include making an effective decision about the course the society should take and building a moral bond among all members of the society. A responsibility of social sciences within a democratic society is to provide the theory, research, and normative…
Descriptors: Political Issues, Social Change, Social Responsibility, Democratic Values
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Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Review of Educational Research, 1979
Research indicates that classroom controversy facilitates student problem solving, creativity, perspective taking, epistemic curiosity, conceptual conflict, and transition in stages of cognitive and moral reasoning. Thus, creating controversy is an important teaching strategy for increasing learning and intellectual development. Conditions…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict