"As Gardner says, we are engaged on a continuum of human development that is ‘a continuing decline in egocentrism’.
And the place of international mindedness on that continuum is very much to one end of it.
International mindedness represents the most complex development of the relationship between ‘self’ and ‘other’ but it is not, of itself, about the environment, peace, globalisation or future work.
International mindedness is a vital (the vital?) component of each of these and many other contemporary themes but it is not the same as them. " (Skelton)
the question isn't "is this a good mind set, or even is this an important one"... the question should be "HOW do we get people to think like this, b/c its necessary."
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