Instructional Dissent in the College Classroom

Autor/in	Goodboy, Alan K.
Titel	Instructional Dissent in the College Classroom
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 60 (2011) 3, S.296-313 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Classroom Environment; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Content Analysis; Teaching Styles; Dissent; Teacher Characteristics; Personal Narratives; Feedback (Response); Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Negative Attitudes; Justice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Schülerverhalten; Inhaltsanalyse; Lehrstil; Unterrichtsstil; Dissens; Erlebniserzählung; Negative Fixierung; Gerechtigkeit
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to (a) identify perceived triggering agents of student dissent in the college classroom, (b) determine common target receivers of dissent, and (c) reveal the types of dissent that students enact based on their intentional motives and construction of message content. Participants were 123 undergraduate students who completed a survey and provided multiple written narratives in response to open-ended questions. Results of a content analysis revealed that (a) common perceived triggering agents of dissent included (in rank order) unfair testing/assignments, unfair grading, and teaching style, followed by instructor offensiveness, policy, violating syllabus, instructor indolence, lack of feedback, and group members slacking; (b) target receivers of dissent were primarily the class professor, classmates, friends, and family members, among others; and (c) students engaged in three types of dissent including expressive dissent (i.e., to vent their feelings and frustrations), rhetorical dissent (i.e., to attempt to correct a perceived wrongdoing by the instructor), and vengeful dissent (i.e., to retaliate and ruin the reputation of an instructor). (Contains 3 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10