Anxiety and Learning: Cultural Polarisation in Social Science Courses

Autor/in	Santos, Jose Leonardo
Titel	Anxiety and Learning: Cultural Polarisation in Social Science Courses
Quelle	In: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 13 (2020) 2, S.62-84 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-2273
DOI	10.3167/latiss.2020.130205
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Cultural Influences; Social Sciences; Controversial Issues (Course Content); College Students; College Faculty; Political Issues; Social Bias; Identification (Psychology); Cultural Differences; Student Role; Cultural Awareness; Racial Differences; White Students; Minority Group Students; Racial Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Politischer Faktor; Kultureller Unterschied; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Rassenunterschied; Racial discrimination; Rassismus
Abstract	University social science instructors sometimes encounter student silence or quarrels around culturally contentious subjects. In a culture that promotes distrust around the issues they teach, how do professors perceive and cope with such difficulties? Preliminary research using qualitative interviews with teachers from two different US universities explores problems they encounter and strategies they employ in the face of student struggles with nuance and a phenomenon referred to here as "polarisation anxiety." Professors strategise how to teach the complexity of phenomenon some students have been culturally predisposed to oversimplify, polarise or remain silent about. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01