WORRIES AS SIGNALS OF COMMITMENT: Reflections from University of Luxembourg Students in the Time of COVID-19

peer reviewed ; INTRODUCTION: Worries, typically inspire and signal negative emotions at best, or dread, panic, and fear at their worst. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory (Ryan and Deci 2000), I explore how worries expressed by students via a brief online questionnaire at the University of Luxembourg (UL), communicated a sense of academic commitment and wellbeing. Coincidently, commits, committed, and commitment, are all but a few of the words used in the Charte Pédagogique, a document that outlines the ULs dedication to meeting the needs of its students and larger community of learners. Th... Mehr ...