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Not a Safe Place: How Teachers Become the First Trauma

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This paper investigates how emotionally abusive teaching practices—often normalized under the guise of academic rigor or discipline—inflict lasting psychological harm on students. Drawing on firsthand data and personal testimony, it argues that many educators participate in or perpetuate systemic emotional violence, often unconsciously. It calls for a radical reevaluation of what it means to teach, centered on empathy, neurodiversity, and psychological safety.

Source: Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)

DOI: 10.17613/34tch-zec77

Author: Matteson, Harlen

Language: English

Topic: Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6906644905

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