Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
2003
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2003) 21; doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0021.004
Abstract
What is the best thing to do in the classroom in the face of a tragedy like the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001? What should instructors do to help students, if anything? This article describes the results ofa faculty survey at Carnegie Mellon University. Faculty reported what actions they took in the classroom to help their students (or their rationales for not mentioning the attacks), and their degree of confidence on the effectiveness of their behaviors. Statistical techniques are used to assess the significance of some trends, and implications for faculty developers are discussed in light of cognitive, motivational, and developmental theories.
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License: CC BY-NC-ND