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conceptual issues in multicultural psychology
intergroup relations
social justice orientation
prejudice
Preferred term
jigsaw classroom
Definition
- Social psychologist Elliot Aronson introduced the jigsaw classroom in 1971, while a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. It was first used as a teaching/learning strategy to help defuse a potentially explosive situation in Austin—its racially segregated schools were slowly desegregating. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Jigsaw Classroom]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/jigsaw_classroom
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