How to Cook Rice: A Review of Ingredients for Teaching anti-Prejudice

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-63

  Pedersen, Anne ^a   Walker, Iain ^a   Paradies, Yin ^b   Guerin, Bernard ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes beliefs and values; Inter group processes; Peace psychology peace education; Political psychology; Racism; Social issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952026235     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2010.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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