Grieving in the Ethnic Literature Classroom.

Autor/in	Trzyna, Thomas
Titel	Grieving in the Ethnic Literature Classroom.
Quelle	(1989), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Black Literature; Grief; Higher Education; Literature Appreciation; Minority Groups; Protocol Analysis; Student Reaction; Undergraduate Students; United States Literature + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trauer; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Literarische Wertung; Ethnische Minderheit; Schülerkritik
Abstract	A three-year study is testing the hypothesis that learning about American minority ethnic literature produces grief, and is assessing the effects of changing the teaching and content of the course to make the best possible use of those feelings. Classroom experience in teaching a consistently popular course in minority literature revealed unusual classroom difficulties, resulting in the hypothesis that students were experiencing intense psychological responses involving the typical forms of grief: anger, sorrow, bargaining, guilt, and denial. In the fall of 1987, preliminary data was gathered through an informal protocol (freewriting about the class) several times during the quarter. Evidence of the various forms of grief can be seen in these student writing samples. In the fall of 1988, a more formal protocol instrument was administered six times during the quarter. These protocols will be assessed by trained readers, and the results evaluated using non-parametric statistical methods. Two hypotheses will be tested: (1) expressions of grieving behavior change in relation to the content of a course; and (2) students move toward acceptance and preparation for social action by the end of the course. In the fall of 1989, if results warrant this change, students in the course will be told about its psychological dimensions and will be encouraged to assess their feelings in those terms. The course has had useful secondary effects, inspiring various forms of activism as well as resulting in students taking far more control over their education. The grief resulting from ethnic literature classes probably reflects a positive process of growth. (SR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC