Social Pollution and Other News
Maybe something like this already exists for teaching students in high school and college, but probably not: There could be a market for teaching materials that show students how to identify biases in their own thinking and (more importantly) in others' thinking.
The biases are of three kinds: the ecological fallacy, the individualistic fallacy (both familiar to sociologists but not to the general public, it seems) and overemphasis of one perspective/explanation for social phenomena and personal behavior. The perspectives that would be cevered in these teaching materials include biological/genetic. spiritual/religious, moral, social, individualistic, scientific, and economic.
There could be three lessons. This is probably the minimum required to get any benefit from the material. Lesson one could cover the definitions of three biases and their impacts. Lesson two could focus on identifying their prevalence in each student's own thinking. Lesson three could focus on the social consequences of each bias.
I have detailed information on this material and would love to work with someone on creating and marketing it. The actual product would be a workbook and teacher's guide. If you are interested, feel free to contact me at chetdavis35@peoplepc.com with "social pollution" in the subject line.
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In other news: I only plan to do a few more of these "idea" posts. Then I'll shift my focus to commentary on how business innovation tools and strategies can be used in nonprofits. My emphasis wil be on sustainable development and social change organizations (or informally organized groups!).
The biases are of three kinds: the ecological fallacy, the individualistic fallacy (both familiar to sociologists but not to the general public, it seems) and overemphasis of one perspective/explanation for social phenomena and personal behavior. The perspectives that would be cevered in these teaching materials include biological/genetic. spiritual/religious, moral, social, individualistic, scientific, and economic.
There could be three lessons. This is probably the minimum required to get any benefit from the material. Lesson one could cover the definitions of three biases and their impacts. Lesson two could focus on identifying their prevalence in each student's own thinking. Lesson three could focus on the social consequences of each bias.
I have detailed information on this material and would love to work with someone on creating and marketing it. The actual product would be a workbook and teacher's guide. If you are interested, feel free to contact me at chetdavis35@peoplepc.com with "social pollution" in the subject line.
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In other news: I only plan to do a few more of these "idea" posts. Then I'll shift my focus to commentary on how business innovation tools and strategies can be used in nonprofits. My emphasis wil be on sustainable development and social change organizations (or informally organized groups!).
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