ERIC Number: EJ1305923
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0092-055X
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Beyond Trigger Warnings: A Survivor-Centered Approach to Teaching on Sexual Violence and Avoiding Institutional Betrayal
Bedera, Nicole
Teaching Sociology, v49 n3 p267-277 Jul 2021
As sociology instructors increasingly include materials on sexual violence in their courses, both instructors and students express anxieties over how best to handle such sensitive conversations. This article critically examines the conventional advice to offer a trigger warning, which can interfere with student education (e.g., requiring survivors to miss out on a lesson) and does not adequately prepare instructors for the difficulties that may arise during discussions of sexual violence (e.g., managing victim-blaming comments). Using institutional betrayal as an alternative frame, this article builds a trauma-informed and survivor-centered pedagogy that offers specific examples and strategies of how to teach to survivors instead of around them.
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Victims, Teaching Methods, Trauma, Coping, Psychological Patterns, At Risk Students, School Role, Mental Disorders, Classroom Environment, LGBTQ People, Minority Group Students, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Gender Bias, Lesson Plans, Planning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Self Disclosure (Individuals), Teacher Role, Teacher Behavior, College Faculty, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Title IX Education Amendments 1972
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