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Intellectual Diversity
Intellectual Diversity

Intellectual Diversity is slowly being integrated into schools and universities all over the United States. There are many different views and points on it. Some that are good and see the benefits, and some that are much less positive and see the repercussions of this new idea being put into the education system. After much research, and seeing many different points, I have weighed the pros and cons and come to the decision that intellectual diversity is something that could bring much more benefit than it can harm the educational system we have today. The implementation of intellectual diversity can bring students who are less educated about social problems or political ideas into a more familiar territory with it, it can help students filter the information that they are learning online with more straightforward information, and it can help students become more comfortable with though subjects such as politics and other social issues we are facing in the real world.

Intellectual Diversity in the world

Students today have faced a lot of world wide issues and especially coming out of COVID, being socially and politically smart is more relevant than ever. According to “The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Diversity” published by the Harvard Law Journals, being a true teacher is more important than being one that is only saying things that you are taught to say from a book. Being open and honest about real world problems is something that is extremely important, and should be taken as so. The most important thing as an educator should be the students- always. To be able to teach from a book is good, lectures, they work. But to be able to apply real world situations in which students can actually learn and grow from politically and socially is huge. As a student, I wish I was able to hear more about what my teachers and professors had to say about the real world, because I try to stay current, but there is so much learning to be done that could be done in school to help inspire students to take that extra step to try and stay more educated on these topics that are difficult to talk about.

The media and online influences

Online, not only students, but people all over are learning so much from the internet which can be good. But wouldn’t it be so much better to learn this information from someone you know and trust to have our best interest in mind? Bringing intellectual diversity into classrooms will help students to further explore and learn to research even more about important topics such as politics because on social media, nothing is ever what it seems. Things are altered to make it look worse, or better for whoever, or whatever the media tends to favor, or unfavor in that given moment. As the article “The Truth About Intellectual Diversity” says, “The American public is constantly being lied to” and this is in reference to the fact that we are constantly being flooded with information. Every given second we are being fed information and we’re absorbing it like sponges. In this article, the author spends a lot of time mentioning things like the “marketplace of ideas” which essentially “allows the best ideas to come on top”. This is an example of how the media can so easily sway us into thinking what a specific group of people want us to think. Just because it seems to be what the majority wants, these ideas will flow, and circulate around social media without any filtration of the other side's views, and just like that, you have an idea, whether good or bad, is biased and one sided. Allowing teachers to elaborate and hold opinions on certain topics would help students be able to see more than just what they see on the internet, and may help kids want to come out and be more active in researching what is really going on in the world around them.

The concerns of Intellectual Diversity

Intellectual Diversity is an important aspect in the learning process but there are people out there who disagree. The article “The Truth About Intellectual Diversity” talks about how certain republicans disagree on this new implementation of learning. “...Buckley spent an entire chapter of his book attacking the concept of academic freedom” (Josine, 2022 p. 6). This student went and wrote a book attacking the education system that supports intellectual freedom and diversity, and a lot of republicans agreed. Some people hope to keep the traditional education system that focuses on the norms and tradition of history, not wanting to further explore any other ideas or concepts. But there are ways to balance out both when learning a new concept, by using facts that have been taught for years, and continuing to build on the ideas by imputing students diverse ideas.

Traditional Vs. Modern day learning methods

It's important to respect traditional methods of learning, and value the norms as it helped educate us for generations. According to an article an article written by James Otteson on Intellectual “Diversity and Academic Professionalism” he states “It is also true in the so-called soft sciences–sociology, psychology, and economics–where the more we learn, the more we realize there is still much more that we do not know” (Otteson, 2018, pg. 1). What the author is saying is that intellectual diversity in classrooms helps provide more perspectives and new ideas for different topics. There is always more room to learn and expand and with intellectual diversity it provides that, without it we wouldn’t have the opportunity to explore and expand our knowledge and interests with different topics.

Benefits of Diverse Learning

Furthermore, building on the topic of diversity in classrooms, the article “The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Diversity” talks about the benefits of incorporating diverse learning and ideas. Micheal Stokes Paulsen wrote, “In a law school, intellectual diversity–diversity of views and values, diversity of opinions expressed and discussed, diversity of approaches–is a a value of paramount importance, without the true intellectual diversity, there can be a stifling uniformity of thought that is antithetical” (Paulsen, 2013, pg. 1). Basically what this article is stating is that without intellectual diversity there would be no room for expansion in theories and ideas. Especially referring to Law School that requires a lot of background knowledge about different cultures and ideas.

Conclusion

In theory intellectual diversity is an important and necessary element for classrooms to incorporate. It instills a desire to further expand on different ideas and concepts. It also lets students elevate their knowledge and have more freedom when learning. Its important to have different independent mindsets and individual ideas from those around you as it showcases the many different diversity in ideas and opinions of those around you. It can also create a more well-rounded individual and open minded person as hearing different perspectives from peers can make you question your own theories and ideas. I think teaching traditional concepts is still important but also making sure to share students ideas and invite new ideas into the topic is good as well. It's crucial to expand students' mindsets as it enables them to think more about what they relate to and how they view the world, because having different views on ideas is what creates an excellent student.

Works Cited

Skiba,R. (2024, February 19) Senate Bill 202: What Exactly is “Intellectual

Diversity?” Indiana Capital Chronicle.

https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2024/02/19/senate-bill-202-what-exactly-is-intellectual-diversity/

Josine, E. (2022, January 6). The Truth about “Intellectual Diversity”- Ephrom

Josine – Medium. Medium.

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Paulsen, M.S, * & Harvard Federalist Society. (2013). THE UNEASY CASE FOR

INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy,

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Otteson, J. (2020, July 20). Intellectual diversity and academic professionalism. The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2018/02/intellectual-diversity-academic-professionalism/ Adeluca7 (talk) 00:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC)