Apprehension
المؤلف:
Gjyn O Toole
المصدر:
Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment
الجزء والصفحة:
P471-C39
2025-08-27
436
Apprehension
(As the only negative emotion it requires closer examination).
The major cause of apprehension was personal experience (47%), naturally reflecting the importance of personal experience in establishing attitudes. The other emotion causing apprehension was fear (45%). The possible sources of fear will be discussed later.
Although the Occupational Therapy education program has no control over the personal experiences which students bring with them to class, it does seem able to contribute directly to current student experience thereby hopefully contributing to the resolution of any fear.
Hume and Joice (2002) aptly suggest that particular consideration and action for clients and staff (by implication students) in Mental Health should include:
• creating a safe and secure environment (that addresses previous attitude-establishing experiences and present fears, as well as allowing for mistakes and failures).
• encouraging clients (and by inference students) to attempt tasks that may seem difficult.
• knowing and understanding both causes of and actual attitudes.
• knowing feelings and
• knowing and understanding individual and societal expectations.
Perhaps here is another area of convergence between therapy and pedagogy. Whether there is commonality or not, it is reasonable to assume that apprehension, regardless of its cause could potentially impede effectiveness either in learning or in professional behavior.
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