{"title":"Critical Considerations for Safe Space in the College Classroom","authors":"Mel Stanfill, Jillian Klean Zwilling","doi":"10.1080/87567555.2023.2179011","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In 2014, the popular conversation about safe space in the classroom tended to mock marginalized students seeking protection. Nearly a decade later, the discourse has become protectionist toward majority students allegedly discriminated against by being informed that they benefit from racism, sexism and heterosexism. What, then, does it mean to talk about making classrooms safe spaces for learning? Through defining six considerations for safe space, we advocate for all colleges, faculty, and students to better facilitate inclusion.","PeriodicalId":53429,"journal":{"name":"College Teaching","volume":"10 1","pages":"85 - 91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"College Teaching","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2023.2179011","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract In 2014, the popular conversation about safe space in the classroom tended to mock marginalized students seeking protection. Nearly a decade later, the discourse has become protectionist toward majority students allegedly discriminated against by being informed that they benefit from racism, sexism and heterosexism. What, then, does it mean to talk about making classrooms safe spaces for learning? Through defining six considerations for safe space, we advocate for all colleges, faculty, and students to better facilitate inclusion.
期刊介绍:
College Teaching provides an interdisciplinary academic forum on issues in teaching and learning at the undergraduate or graduate level. The journal publishes three kinds of articles. Regular, full-length articles of up to 5,000 words reporting scholarship on teaching methods, educational technologies, classroom management, assessment and evaluation, and other instructional practices that have significance beyond a single discipline. Full-length articles also describe innovative courses and curricula, faulty development programs, and contemporary developments. Quick Fix articles, up to 500 words, present techniques for addressing common classroom problems. Commentaries, up to 1,200 words, provide thoughtful reflections on teaching.