Committed Impartiality Encourages Tolerance

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What else does teacher political exclosure do, besides providing necessary context?

When implemented correctly it provides students with a model for tolerant political discourse thet they typically will not see on tv or internet, or at home.

The best way of political disclosure is the committed impartiality approach, why?

Avoiding disclosing one's political opinions is not necessary as long as the teacher is careful to ensure that her voice is just one of many and not presented or viewed as the dominant or 'correct' view.

What can teachers do using the committed impartiality approach?

Teachers can model appropriate ways in which to articulate and defend one's political opinions in a pluralistic society.

For students who agree with their teacher's beliefs: seeing their teacher model tolerant political discourse will demonstrate the value of showing deference (eerbied) to the beliefs of those who hold opposing views.

For students who disagree the committed impartiality approach allows them to articulate their own opinions in a safe environment and provides experience working with authority figures who hold political beliefs that are different from their own.
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What do students develop using the committed impartiality approach?

They develop a greater tolerance for diverse beliefs since they are being exposed to a range of political opnions in a safe environment which is necessary for fostering tolerance for ideological diversity.

The committed impartiality approach can be used to combat the effects of what Ben-Porath terms "belligerent" (strijdlustig/oorlogvoerend) forms of citizenship. What are belligerent forms of citizenship?

The waves of patriotic solidarity that occur during times of war and other domestic crisis in which deliberation and disagreement with the dominant political ideology is discouraged or oppressed.

According to Journell this idea of belligerent citizenship can be applied to the current state of political polarization in the US.
Why?

The same tenets (leerstellingen) that Ben-Porath uses to describe the belligerent nature of citizenship during wartime are consistently on display in that those on one side of the political spectrum refuse to acknowledge opposing viewpoints as legitimate, and civil discourse and compromise are often discouraged.

The line between committed impartiality and exclusive partiality is thin, how?

Teachers can vacillate (weifelen, slingeren) between the two depending on the issue being discussed.
(we're only human...)

Disclosing one's political opinions involves a certain amount of risk. Then why do it?

In a time of political polarization teachers need to be even more careful, but that makes it all the more important to model different behaviour. (mijn woorden)

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