Pre-Adult Development Of Political Tolerance By Emily Hardy
Tolerance, inclusion, diversity; the main topics of our creative project that will form an illustrated children’s book. Written by Emily Hardy, Cindy Kim, Karina Corral-Rodriguez and myself with illustrations done by Emily and publishing done by Shutterfly. The target audience is elementary kids approximately 6 to 10 years old. We chose this age because it’s the age that children are more receptive towards others people attitudes about themselves and others. We are hoping to have the storyboard drawn by week 6-7 and submitted to Shutterfly by week 8. There are many definitions for inclusion especially when dealing with children and school. Our take on the word however is the non-exclusion of a child or classmate due to their differences. We
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They took a group of children ages 10 to 17 and compared them to their parents to see who is more tolerant of Communists and Racist running out in the open whether as a teacher, political party candidate, or a speaker at a school or community function. “Concept of political tolerance, broadly construed, represents the tendency of individuals to allow political expression by groups who beliefs and demands they oppose.”[Owen & Dennis 548] Some previously arguments state that education attainment and a tendency towards tolerance isn’t a direct link, instead that education works in conjunction to improve tolerance. Furthermore parental influence and communication amongst others improves the environment for learning about tolerance. For the study they took the group and interview participants 3 times in a year during the 19080 presidential election. What they concluded was that the period before adulthood is a sensitive time because individuals become increasingly aware of issues and of dissent/opposition. As they become more exposed, their attitude towards tolerance changes. This information is exposed to them via education and the higher your socioeconomic class is the better an education you can possibly get. Additionally, in families where communication about politics amongst each …show more content…
We want to educate children on the prejudice that face other children and people around them and we have data that proves not only are they unaware that it may exists but by becoming aware they tolerance increased and the prejudice
They took a group of children ages 10 to 17 and compared them to their parents to see who is more tolerant of Communists and Racist running out in the open whether as a teacher, political party candidate, or a speaker at a school or community function. “Concept of political tolerance, broadly construed, represents the tendency of individuals to allow political expression by groups who beliefs and demands they oppose.”[Owen & Dennis 548] Some previously arguments state that education attainment and a tendency towards tolerance isn’t a direct link, instead that education works in conjunction to improve tolerance. Furthermore parental influence and communication amongst others improves the environment for learning about tolerance. For the study they took the group and interview participants 3 times in a year during the 19080 presidential election. What they concluded was that the period before adulthood is a sensitive time because individuals become increasingly aware of issues and of dissent/opposition. As they become more exposed, their attitude towards tolerance changes. This information is exposed to them via education and the higher your socioeconomic class is the better an education you can possibly get. Additionally, in families where communication about politics amongst each …show more content…
We want to educate children on the prejudice that face other children and people around them and we have data that proves not only are they unaware that it may exists but by becoming aware they tolerance increased and the prejudice