Hovering Practices in and outside the Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Hirsch, Deborah; Goldberger, Ellen
Titel	Hovering Practices in and outside the Classroom
Quelle	In: About Campus, 14 (2010) 6, S.30-32 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Student Personnel Services; Higher Education; School Responsibility; Campuses; Academic Achievement; National Survey of Student Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schulleistung
Abstract	The term "helicopter parents" typically involves parents--most often, mothers--who "hover" over their children to shelter them from stress, resolve their problems, and offer unwavering, on-the-spot support and affirmation. The recipients of this attention are the generation who have had their play dates managed and have been fed a steady diet of "You are special and extraordinary" since birth. As a result, today's students and their parents demand that college faculty and administrators act as "in loco" helicopter parents. In the classroom, helicopter practices might include being overly flexible about deadlines; offering make-up exams or extra credit assignments to bring up poor grades; heavy editing of student papers; or providing lecture notes when students do not do assigned readings or take notes. Advisors might adopt intrusive practices to inform and remind students about policies and deadlines and help them create a course schedule that meets their demands. However, in the process of providing additional service, what began as an exception can become the rule. Outside of the classroom, student affairs administrators have taken charge of planning activities for a generation of kids who have never learned how to entertain themselves. Residence life staff are pressed to quickly resolve roommate disputes by making room changes rather than requiring students to work out their problems. Some campuses have even started offering concierge-style services to provide students with all the comforts of home. In this article, the authors discuss ways of kicking the helicopter habit. (Contains 3 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10