Relationship Between Students’ Traumas and Teaching Approach at Higher Education Level
Keywords:
Factors, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Teaching Approach, University FacultyAbstract
Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) is an emotional pressure that occurs during the traumatic experience of another individual. Secondary traumatic stress is one of the factors that affect teaching approaches. This study aims to examining secondary traumatic stress as factor affecting the teaching approaches of teachers working in Pakistani public and private universities. The study used a descriptive research approach in order to investigate the phenomena. The population was all university faculty working in capital of Pakistan i.e. (Islamabad). For data collection, the researcher adapted the instrument developed by Bride et al., (2004) in the form of closed-ended questionnaire. The researcher collected the data personally and online method, and same were analyzed with SPSS using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that the majority of university faculty occasionally experience secondary traumatic stress during the teaching-learning process. The study found an insignificant difference among teachers, based on their universities, regarding students’ trauma, its causes, and its effects on teaching approaches. However, this investigation identified an insignificant difference among teachers based on gender concerning students’ trauma, but significant differences in the causes of trauma and its effects on teaching approaches, favoring female teachers. It was found that STS had moderate effects on teaching approach.
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