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Professors – Strategically Manage Your College Courses – Dealing With Disruptive Students
In all areas of society – higher education included – many people have the sense that incivility has escalated in both degree and frequency. For those of us in the professoriate who have been here awhile, the change has been marked and it’s been difficult to reconcile for ourselves and our colleagues.
Considering the fact that students arrive in your classroom with increasing amounts of baggage–and varying levels of instruction and modeling about ‘civil’ behavior–you cannot expect your teaching to be immune from disruptive incidents. Although there are no guarantees nor foolproof preventative methods, it’s always wise to get to know your students and to let them get to know you. Developing positive relationships is a first step toward staving off inappropriate behavior or being able to curtail it, should it become an issue.
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