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Discussing Controversial Issues: Four Perspectives on the Teacher's Role
Theory & Research in Social Education (1986)
  • Thomas E. Kelly, John Carroll University
Abstract

Much debate exists over the role teachers should assume in the discussion of controversial issues. This paper presents and critiques four perspectives on that debate. The perspectives are characterized as exclusive neutrality, exclusive partiality, neutral impartiality and committed impartiality. Synthesizing research and scholarship from a number of fields, the paper proposes committed impartiality as the most defensible teacher role.

Keywords
  • social justice,
  • democracy
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 1986
Citation Information
Thomas E. Kelly. "Discussing Controversial Issues: Four Perspectives on the Teacher's Role" Theory & Research in Social Education Vol. 14 Iss. 2 (1986)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas_kelly/3/