(NL Times) Different norms and views on things like religion, sexuality, and politics often cause friction between teachers and students at secondary vocational schools. Two-thirds of teachers reported experiencing such conflict in a study by Kennedy Tielman of the university in Wageningen, Trouw reports.
Tielman interviewed 900 teachers from 20 secondary vocational schools in which at least 60 percent of students are ethnically diverse. About half of the interviewed teachers said that they occasionally experience tension when discussing these topics, and 13 percent said they feel the tension on a regular basis.
Some conflicts mentioned include students refusing to hold the hand of a homosexual classmate during a group assignment, students struggling with authority during internships, and young Muslim women in nursing training refusing to wash male patients due to their faith.
