Teaching Slow-thinking skills in the Face of Tribalistic Ideologies
Paul Wagner, Ph.D.
Abstract
Recent events in elections throughout the world have illustrated how quickly people dig in their heels and refuse to consider positions from others they treat as outsiders. This role-modeling will take its toll on students who already seek to be agreeable to a favored group without reflecting on the group’s shared ideologies. Too many see schooling as truth-providing. Yet this is a time when truth-seeking and slow thinking ought to be featured as the heart of educated deliberation.