Why More and More Students Won’t Speak Up in Class
By Frank Furedi January 8, 2019
After I gave a public lecture on ‘Socialization and Fear’ at a university in England, a young professor came up to me and said, “You forgot to mention the biggest fear we face as teachers – the fear that many students have of opening their mouths.â€
Since this encounter, I have met numerous academics who tell me, “I can’t get them to speak in seminars.†My stock response to their predicament was to indicate that getting some undergraduates to participate in seminar discussions has always been difficult- ‘so find a way of giving them the confidence to find their voice.’
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