Keywords

political, self-disclosure, teacher, student, affect

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between classroom disclosure of political views and opinions by professors and student perceptions. A sample of students (N = 158) chose to participate in a survey asking questions about their perceptions of the amount, depth, and inappropriateness of teacher political disclosure, as well as whether or not they agreed with their professor's disclosed political ideology. The questionnaire also measured student perceptions of the teacher's subsequent competence, goodwill, trustworthiness, student state motivation, and student affective learning (content and teacher). The data revealed negative relationships between perceived inappropriateness of political disclosure and perceived competence and goodwill of the professor. Another finding of this study was that students who disagreed with their professors' disclosed political views tended to perceive those professors as less competent and trustworthy, and reported lower state motivation and affective learning.

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Graduation Date

2009

Advisor

Katt, James

Degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

Nicholson School of Communication

Degree Program

Communication

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0002575

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002575

Language

English

Release Date

May 2009

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

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