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We argue this same notion regarding conversation and the engagement of ideas applies to the learning process. We want our students to engage with the ideas we present in class and discuss their practical and philosophical viability. Looking for converts, as Gladwell calls it, results in marginalizing and eventually silencing students who disagree with us, and contributes to the vitriolic discourse that pervades political, religious, and educational discourse at a broader level.
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Loveless, D.J., Griffith, B. (2014). Cultural Narrations. In: Critical Pedagogy for a Polymodal World. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-827-5_2
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