Student Perceptions of Political Advocacy in the Classroom

Autor/in	Liebertz, Scott
Titel	Student Perceptions of Political Advocacy in the Classroom
Quelle	In: College Teaching, 71 (2023) 2, S.92-102 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-7555
DOI	10.1080/87567555.2022.2027856
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Political Attitudes; Advocacy; College Students; Bias; Minority Group Students; Individual Differences; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Sozialanwaltschaft; Collegestudent; Individueller Unterschied; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	Complaints about inappropriate attempts by a liberal professoriate to influence their students' political attitudes and even punish those who disagree with them are common. Assumptions are made that because the profession leans left, professors must be trying to persuade their students to be like-minded. Little academic evidence supports this view. This paper expands on previous work by asking students at a mid-size national public university to assess their professors on average across their academic careers both in terms of the frequency of political advocacy in the classroom as well as the extent to which it is experienced as an inappropriate teaching tactic. I posit that attitudes are a function of a perception of ideological difference, as well as Fenno's Paradox. That is, students are more likely to perceive professor bias at the national level than at their particular university. Results indicate that a non-trivial minority of students (23%) feel that professors do inappropriately politicize the classroom, and that perceived ideological difference between student and professors predicts this view. I also find that similar to how parents tend to like their local schools while lamenting the state of education in general, students are much more likely to perceive professor bias as a national problem than a local one. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01