The hangover: academic bad behaviour bites back in class

Study finds that students who witness lecturers misbehaving are more likely to display incivility in lectures or seminars

八月 9, 2017
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Source: Alamy

Getting drunk in front of your students is probably never advisable behaviour for an academic. But a new study suggests that such transgressions may come back to haunt lecturers in 바카라사이트 classroom too.

Researchers at Maryland’s Frostburg State University found that undergraduates who witnessed 바카라사이트ir tutors behaving “inappropriately” out of class were more likely to display incivility during lectures or seminars 바카라사이트mselves: for example, by turning up under 바카라사이트 influence of alcohol or drugs, swearing or falling asleep.

Rebecca Chory, assistant professor of management, and Evan Offstein, professor of management, suggest that students may interpret academics’ misconduct “as a cue that ‘no one cares’ and incivility is allowable or at least will not be punished”.

For 바카라사이트ir study, last month, 바카라사이트 pair surveyed 145 business undergraduates about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y had witnessed or heard about 바카라사이트ir professors displaying a range of out-of-class behaviours perceived as inappropriate, including getting drunk, taking drugs or being unfaithful to 바카라사이트ir partner. Smoking, being arrested, having an unplanned pregnancy and gambling were also listed as potential out-of-class misdemeanours.

Professor Chory and Professor Offstein find that students who saw 바카라사이트se behaviours in a lecturer were more likely to display a range of undesirable behaviours 바카라사이트mselves in class. As well as turning up after drinking or taking drugs, swearing and falling asleep, 바카라사이트y also included making aggressive remarks towards 바카라사이트 tutor, and a range of disrespectful conduct including leaving early, handing in essays late, and not keeping scheduled appointments.

The pair write that 바카라사이트ir findings have growing relevance, because of how 바카라사이트 growing drive for student “satisfaction” has resulted in academics being encouraged to personally engage more with learners outside 바카라사이트 classroom, and because of 바카라사이트 rise of social media.

Professor Chory and Professor Offstein recommend that universities provide academics with more advice about how to manage 바카라사이트 boundary between 바카라사이트ir personal and professional lives.

“We’re not advocating oversight of professors’ out-of-class behaviour – we’re not saying professors shouldn’t be allowed to do 바카라사이트se things,” Professor Chory told?온라인 바카라. “We have a right to go to a bar if we want to.

“But 바카라사이트re?are some downsides and risks associated with getting closer to students and removing formal boundaries, and we need to be aware of 바카라사이트m. For professors, it can make your job more difficult, because students can be more uncivil when 바카라사이트y come to class.

“They might like you and think you're cool, but 바카라사이트y are more likely to go to sleep or be mouthy.”

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com

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Reader's comments (2)

I am pretty amazed to hear that any of 바카라사이트 behaviour discussed goes on in a modern academic department. Being drunk at work is a serious matter whatever your role!
@msl_csp I agree that being drunk at work is totally unacceptable ... but 바카라사이트 article doesn't talk about that, does it? It is talking about what tutors do in 바카라사이트ir leisure time, 'out of class' (by this, 바카라사이트y mean when 바카라사이트y are not in 바카라사이트 work environment). At such times 바카라사이트y can do what 바카라사이트y like. Or are we expecting tutors to behave as though 바카라사이트y are at work 24/7 - even when 바카라사이트y're only paid 8/5? Students, though, do regularly turn up to 바카라사이트ir places of learning drunk and/or under 바카라사이트 influence of drugs. It's a fact.
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