Challenges:
Faculty need to realize that students are human and come to
class with damage and pain which can be made worse by rude or
insensitive faculty behavior. Students must also understand
that despite their damage and pain the world goes on and class
goes on as well.
Faculty are often seen as parent objects by students, and
as objects they will be pulled and pushed to undo the damage
of parents on students. Faculty need to be able to see these
“traps” and not play into them. Faculty also need
not ignore these traps either.
Other challenges that a faculty member needs to be aware of
is that there are a number of students that come to us from
a much greater variety of educational backgrounds than we previously
received, including a number of nontraditional students who
only possess the experiences and protocol which were accepted
in their previous work environment.
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