Cialdini raamat
main steady, it is lO times more likely that the academic performance of minority
students will significantly increase rather than significantly decline after desegrega-
tion (Stephan, 1978).
We must be cautious in our approach to school desegregation so that we do
not throw out the baby with the bath water. The idea, of course, is to jettison just
the water, leaving the baby shining from the bath. Right now, though, our baby is
soaking in the Schmutzwasser of increased racial hostility. Fortunately, real hope for
draining away that hostility is emerging from the research of education specialists
into the concept of "cooperative learning." Because much of the heightened preju-
dice from classroom desegregation seems to stem from increased exposure to out-
side group members as rivals, these educators have experimented with forms of
learning in which cooperation rather than competition with classmates is central.
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