Managing Student Self-Disclosure in Class Settings: Lessons from Feminist Pedagogy
The present article describes difficulties and opportunities associated with students’ disclosure of their personal experiences in university class settings. In classes that deal with topics such as violence, racism, family dynamics, mental health or social justice, students with first-hand experien...
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Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing
2017-03-01
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| description | The present article describes difficulties and opportunities associated with students’ disclosure of their personal experiences in university class settings. In classes that deal with topics such as violence, racism, family dynamics, mental health or social justice, students with first-hand experience of these topics can bring valuable real-life experience to class discussion. However, bringing intimate information to class may also raise issues of appropriate boundaries and the role of the classroom setting for sharing potentially upsetting information. Drawing on principles of feminist pedagogy and using examples from classes I teach about women and psychology, I detail the challenges related to students’ personal biographies and beliefs about their experiences, and outline some strategies that may usefully find balance between respecting their experiences and providing a learning environment while teaching about the values and ethics of an academic discipline. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-298b9ffd16e8422aab8ff18aa1ef97f42022-12-22T01:25:31ZengIndiana University Office of Scholarly PublishingJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1527-93162017-03-0117110.14434/v17i1.20070Managing Student Self-Disclosure in Class Settings: Lessons from Feminist PedagogyCatherine Borshuk0Indiana University South BendThe present article describes difficulties and opportunities associated with students’ disclosure of their personal experiences in university class settings. In classes that deal with topics such as violence, racism, family dynamics, mental health or social justice, students with first-hand experience of these topics can bring valuable real-life experience to class discussion. However, bringing intimate information to class may also raise issues of appropriate boundaries and the role of the classroom setting for sharing potentially upsetting information. Drawing on principles of feminist pedagogy and using examples from classes I teach about women and psychology, I detail the challenges related to students’ personal biographies and beliefs about their experiences, and outline some strategies that may usefully find balance between respecting their experiences and providing a learning environment while teaching about the values and ethics of an academic discipline.https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/20070self-disclosurefeminist pedagogy |
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| title | Managing Student Self-Disclosure in Class Settings: Lessons from Feminist Pedagogy |
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