Traumatisation, Critical Reflection, and Painful Pedagogy: Students’ Reflexive Engagement with Difficult Content
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Paper/Presentation Title | Traumatisation, Critical Reflection, and Painful Pedagogy: Students’ Reflexive Engagement with Difficult Content |
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Presentation Type | Presentation |
Authors | Gildersleeve, Jessica (Author), Cantrell, Kate (Author) and Bryce, India (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | AMPS proceedings |
Year | 2022 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri3yqcCHkK0&list=PL6zYdPl0DZ2q0jGYRAj2qNHJNWeDSk3cG&index=10 |
Conference/Event | Transformative Teaching: Focus on Pedagogy 2022 AMPS |
Event Details | Transformative Teaching: Focus on Pedagogy 2022 AMPS Delivery Online Event Date 15 to end of 17 Nov 2022 Event Location Florida State University, University of Dundee, Zayed University Event Web Address (URL) |
Abstract | Recent international and cross-disciplinary studies have reported that 66-85% of undergraduate students have already experienced at least one traumatic event prior to entering university. This finding suggests that any reasonably sized class of students today will likely contain individuals who have experienced personal trauma. The COVID-19 pandemic further compounded the complexity of the student experience and exposed the need for universities to develop trauma-informed approaches to support students’ well-being during times of crisis. Educators have a social responsibility to account for, accommodate, and actively address adversity and traumatisation in their classrooms. This paper analyses the role of critical reflection in both developing emotional resilience and managing traumatisation in students engaging with challenging, sensitive or triggering content, with a particular focus on responding to trauma and the complex entanglements of language, identity, and power. It draws on considerations of trigger warnings in the context of a first-year literary studies classroom, before applying that knowledge to the learning and teaching of helping professions. In doing so, this paper aids in developing our understanding of how critical reflection can function as a useful strategy for reading a wide range of ‘triggering’ texts, and for supporting students to navigate their own adversities in order to promote academic retention, progression, and success. |
Keywords | trauma; trauma-informed care; trauma-informed practice; trauma-informed pedagogy; Australian literature; child abuse and neglect; trigger warnings |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420603. Health promotion |
390107. Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management) | |
470502. Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature) | |
390101. Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy | |
360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) | |
440902. Counselling, wellbeing and community services | |
390303. Higher education | |
Public Notes | Conference proceedings - https://amps-research.com/proceedings/ |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7wwv/traumatisation-critical-reflection-and-painful-pedagogy-students-reflexive-engagement-with-difficult-content
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