![]() ![]() Ideally, a student who is genuinely concerned about being re-traumatized by forthcoming course content would privately inform the instructor of this concern. Trigger warnings do not mean that students can exempt themselves from completing parts of the coursework. Still others argue that it is impossible to anticipate all the topics that might be potentially triggering for students. ![]() Others are concerned that trigger warnings establish a precedent of making instructors or universities legally responsible for protecting students from emotional trauma. For example, some fear that trigger warnings unnecessarily insulate students from the often harsh realities of the world with which academics need to engage. However, not everyone agrees that trigger warnings are necessary or helpful. Considered from this perspective, trigger warnings give students increased autonomy over their learning, and are an affirmation that the instructor cares about their wellbeing. ![]() Other students might indeed be ready to confront a personal trauma in an academic context but will benefit from a forewarning of certain topics so that they can brace themselves prior to (for example) participating in a classroom discussion about it. They choose to avoid it now so that they can deal with it more effectively at a later date – perhaps after they have set up necessary resources, supports, or counselling. Such students might not yet be ready to confront a personal trauma in an academic context. Proponents of trigger warnings contend that certain course content can impact the wellbeing and academic performance of students who have experienced corresponding traumas in their own lives. In an academic context, the instructor delivers these messages in order to allow students to prepare emotionally for the content or to decide to forgo interacting with the content. That content might include graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, and so on, and can take the form of an image, video clip, audio clip, or piece of text. Student Led Individually Created Courses (SLICCs)Īmit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a StudentĪ trigger warning is a statement made prior to sharing potentially disturbing content. ![]()
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