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Being More Than Tolerant

Celebrating Differences

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Tolerance is an essential quality for a successful teacher. There are four particular areas in which a good teacher must demonstrate tolerance: tolerance of cultural differences; tolerance of divergent thinking and opinion; tolerance of learning styles; and tolerance of individual differences.

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Kearney, E.M. (2013). Being More Than Tolerant. In: On Becoming a Teacher. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-392-8_7

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