A Path to Social Change: Examining Students' Responsibility, Opportunity, and Emotion toward Social Justice.

Chizhik, Estella Williams; Chizhik, Alexander Williams

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Publication Date: 2002

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A Path to Social Change: Examining Students' Responsibility, Opportunity, and Emotion toward Social Justice.

Chizhik, Estella Williams; Chizhik, Alexander Williams

Education and Urban Society, v34 n3 p283-97 May 2002

Investigated college students' beliefs about privileged and oppressed adults' responsibility for the onset/offset of social inequities, emotions linked with their responsibility, and behaviors that should result from responsibility for social equity. Overall, preconceived notions of privilege and oppression can offer an explanation for students' resistance to multicultural discourse. (SM)

Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Emotional Response, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Social Bias, Social Change, Social Responsibility, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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