"Risky Triggers" by Larry R. Andrews

National Collegiate Honors Council

 

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Date of this Version

Fall 2019

Document Type

Article

Citation

2019 Authors

Abstract

Risk-taking in honors education entails not only anxiety about grades and intellectually disturbing ideas but also painful emotional responses to course materials. Rather than censoring such “dangerous” materials, faculty should compassionately encourage vulnerable students to acknowledge their pain safely in an open and accepting classroom atmosphere.

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