Students Seem Disconnected and Disengaged. Why?

In this episode, we talk about student engagement ... or the lack thereof ... cognitive engagement, emotional engagement, behavioral engagement, and professional engagement.  Students seem less connected to the faculty and their peers, despite "returning" to campus this past year.  There are likely a number of converging contributing factors: increasing technology use and distraction, work demands, stress and mental health, diminished time on campus, and social cluing barriers (e.g. masking).  Rebuilding a sense of community will be the challenge.   ______________________________ Resources McMurtrie B.  A 'Stunning' Level of Student Disconnection.  Professors are reporting record numbers of students checked out, stressed out, and unsure of their future.  The Chronicle of Higher Education, Apr 5 2022. Mintz S.  An Epidemic of Student Disengagement.  Eight ways to re-engage disconnected college students.  Inside Higher Ed, Apr 14 2022. Malesic J.  My College Students are Not OK.  New York Times, May 13 2022. How to Solve the Student Disengagement Crisis.  Six Experts Diagnose the Problem — And Suggest Ways to Fix it.  The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 13 2022. Fuller K, Karunaratne NS, Naidu S, et al.  Development of a self-report instrument for measuring in-class student engagement reveals that pretending to engage is a significant unrecognized problem.  PLOS ONE Oct 17 2018. Aronson BD, Janke KK.  Measuring a state of mind indicative of thriving using the Student Pharmacist Inventory of Professional Engagement (S-PIPE).  Res Social Admin Pharm 2018; 14 (7): 678-685.   Murthy VH.  Together.  The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World.  New York: Harper Wave, 2020. WALL-E.  Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, 2008. _______________________ Not sure what fika is all about?  Watch this brief video:  How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance. Follow us on Twitter @PharmacyFika Got a great idea for a discussion topic?  Drop us a line ([email protected]) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika