Description
Book SynopsisImagine the hours and weeks after you''ve witnessed a school shooting. You run the emotional gamut between disorientation and severe anxiety. When you return to the classroom, you''re unsure how to cope. Your classroom used to be a safe space; is it still? In this book, the experience of two teachers before, during and after they witnessed school shootings are analyzed to determine the effects of these incidents on their lives. In one case, a teacher who observed a shooting of one student by another, struggled with severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her issues, along with actions by school administration, led to her psychological disability. In the second case, at a different school, another teacher watched a gunman randomly firing at students; he was able to continue teaching. A comparison helps to understand the psychological and organizational factors that affect educators who witnessed a school shooting.
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Table of Contents
Introduction – A Question About Personal Experience – A Question About Becoming a Teacher – A Question About the History of School Shootings – A Question About Severity – A Question About Designing the Study – A Question About People – A Question About Violence Affecting Teachers – A Question About Supporting Teachers – A Question About the Study’s Focus – A Question About the Teachers Studied – A Question About the Schools Studied – A Question About Working with Participants – A Question About the Interviews and Data – A Question About Checking Data – A Question About Analyzing Data– A Question About Coding – A Question About Protecting Participants – In Melissa’s Words – In Mike’s Words – A Question About Findings: Melissa – A Question About Findings: Mike– Contrasting the Two Teachers – The Big Question – What can Schools and Communities Do? – Opportunities for Other Research – Reflecting – The Last Time I Saw Melissa– The Call Ends – Epilog – Suggested Reading – Index.
