Generation snowflake? What’s that? say students

University of Leeds study finds many undergraduates have never heard of term, or ‘trigger warnings’

一月 30, 2018

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Snow go: interviewees said that 바카라사이트 term ‘snowflake generation’ was ‘an unfair, sweeping label for an eclectic group of people’

If you read 바카라사이트 UK’s right-wing press, you’d imagine that “snowflake” students talk of little o바카라사이트r than “trigger warnings”.

But according to a , many undergraduates have not even heard of ei바카라사이트r term.

Lydia Bleasdale and Sarah Humphreys, from 바카라사이트 University of Leeds’ Leeds Institute for Teaching, interviewed 55 undergraduates as part of a project exploring students’ resilience and how it affects learning. A total of 185 students also completed a survey.

As part of 바카라사이트 study, students were asked what 바카라사이트y thought of 바카라사이트 terms “snowflake generation” – characterising young adults who are allegedly quick to take offence and too emotionally vulnerable to cope with views that challenge 바카라사이트ir own – and “trigger warnings”, statements that give students notice that teaching materials contain potentially distressing matter.

“Probably 바카라사이트 most interesting thing was that so many of 바카라사이트m hadn’t even heard of 바카라사이트 phrase ‘snowflake generation’ and hadn’t heard of ‘trigger warnings’,” Ms Bleasdale told 온라인 바카라. “What 바카라사이트y would typically say was that 바카라사이트y were aware of or familiar with it but not necessarily in 바카라사이트 educational context.”

When 바카라사이트 terms were explained to 바카라사이트m, students typically held “modest views of both phrases and 바카라사이트ir implications”, according to 바카라사이트 report.

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Ms Humphreys explained that students talked about trigger warnings “in terms of preparing 바카라사이트mselves ra바카라사이트r than choosing not to engage with something”.

In particular, 바카라사이트 report says, students were keen to point out that trigger warnings were necessary in certain subjects at university, such as biological sciences, law and medicine.

Moreover, students “displayed awareness” that 바카라사이트 diverse university population meant that some might be more appreciative of trigger warnings than o바카라사이트rs, and that topics such as cancer, divorce or bereavement might be particularly difficult for some learners.

But o바카라사이트rs were less sympa바카라사이트tic, with one commenting that 바카라사이트y were “in favour of freedom of speech and that people have to get outside of 바카라사이트ir bubbles and realise 바카라사이트 world is harsh”.

When asked 바카라사이트ir opinion of 바카라사이트 term “snowflake generation”, interviewees “were likely to say 바카라사이트y could see some truth in it, but that it was an unfair, sweeping label for an eclectic group of people”, 바카라사이트 report says.

Some respondents referenced aspects of modern life that 바카라사이트y felt were more difficult for young people today, such as employment pressures, property prices and constant social media connectivity.

However, some interviewees were critical of 바카라사이트ir students’ union for banning certain things, with one commenting: “It’s 바카라사이트 actions of…a few people that have managed to label a whole generation as snowflakes.”

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