scholarly journals Exploring Positive School Attributes: Evidence From School Leader and Teacher Perspectives

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110615
Author(s):  
Avinash Auliah ◽  
Lei Mee Thien ◽  
Siaw Hui Kho ◽  
Nordin Abd Razak ◽  
Hazri Jamil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Context ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Positive Meaning ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
Positive Engagement

The extent to which school stakeholders perceive positive school attributes remains unclear in the literature. This study seeks to provide an understanding of positive school attributes from the school leaders and teachers’ perspectives in the Malaysian school context. This study employed a qualitative case study research design with 14 informants selected from seven Malaysian secondary schools. The thematic analysis informed six emerging themes: (1) stimulating positive emotion, (2) promoting positive engagement, (3) fostering positive relationships, (4) cultivating positive meaning, (5) nurturing positive accomplishment, and (6) cultivating spirituality in expressing positive school attributes. Fostering positive relationships were specified as (1) teacher-teacher relationship, (2) teacher-student relationship, and (3) student-student relationship. Cultivating spirituality is a newly emerged theme that is added to the unique positive school attributes. These newly added components of the existing PERMA model can trigger further research in positive education studies.

scholarly journals Knowing Me, Knowing You: Teachers' Perceptions of Communication with their Students on Facebook

10.28945/4256 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 059-080
Author(s):  
Alona Forkosh Baruch ◽  
Arnon Hershkovitz
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
School Context ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Teachers Perspectives

Aim/Purpose: The purpose of the current study is to explore positive and negative aspects of teacher-teacher communication via Facebook, as perceived by teachers in secondary education. Background: Teacher-student relationship is key to teachers’ wellness and professional development and may contribute to positive classroom environment. In recent years, as social networking sites (e.g., Facebook) became popular, these connections have extended to such platforms. However, most studies of the use of social networking sites in the school context are pedagogically-driven, and research on the ways teacher-student relationship is facilitated by these platforms is meager. Methodology: We utilized a qualitative approach, analyzing responses to open-ended questions about this topic by middle- and high-school teachers’ all across Israel (N=180). We used both top-down and bottom-up analyses. Contribution: This study contributes to the growing literature about the overall impact of using social networking sites on the educational milieu. Specifically, it contributes by shedding light on teachers’ perspectives of that phenomenon. Insights from this study are important for educators and education policy makers. Findings: Overall, teachers who were connected to their students de facto, as well as teachers who expressed a wish to be connected to their students, acknowledged the advantages of befriending their students on Facebook, in terms of both teacher- and student benefits. Teachers’ overall viewpoint on the negative aspects of Facebook-connections with students is multifaceted. As such, our findings highlight the complexity of using social networking sites by teachers. Recommendations for Practitioners: We recommend that educators who wish to extend the relationship with their student to online platforms do so wisely, taking advantage of the benefits of using these platforms, and being aware of (and cautious about) potential draw-backs. We encourage educators to learn more about the potential uses of social networking sites and instant messaging services, and then to examine whether these uses may fit their educational agenda. We recommend that education policymakers make evidence-based decisions regarding the use of social networking sites by teachers and encourage school communities to discuss these issues together. Recommendation for Researchers: As technology develops rapidly, we recommend that researchers examine the topics raised in the current research with regards to other platforms, in order to better understand the technological aspects that may affect students’ perceptions of the use of social networking sites and instant messaging services to communicate with their students. The issues studied here should also be studied in different cultural contexts. We recommend broadening the research and making results available to policymakers when making decisions regarding social media in educational contexts. Impact on Society: Understanding teachers’ perspectives of their relationship with their students in today’s digital, networked world gives us a better understanding of the changing role of teachers; hence, it may assist in planning teacher training and professional development, with the ultimate goal of realizing a better educational system. Future Research: Future studies should focus on other social networking sites and instant messaging services, as well as on other countries and cultures.

The Experience of Creating Community

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cassidy Parker
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Nel Noddings ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Choral Teachers ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Choral Programs

The purpose of this intrinsic case study was to explore four midwestern choral teachers’ experiences of creating and sustaining community within their public school choirs. Research questions included (1) how choral teachers describe their experiences of creating choral communities, (2) how the teacher–student relationship is experienced, and (3) what challenges get in the way of sustaining choral communities. Writings by Edith and Victor Turner, Martin Buber, and Nel Noddings were used as a theoretical lens. Participants were selected purposively and represented heterogeneous choral programs, different school sizes, and diverse population densities. Participants included one 8th-year middle school male choral teacher, two female high school choral teachers who had taught for more than 18 years each, and one male middle and high school choral teacher who had taught for 12 years. Cases were bounded by interviews, written and observational data, and artifacts. The data collection included 20 observations, 12 interviews with choral teachers, and 16 student interviews. Data analysis was inductive; 31 codes emerged and were gathered into four themes including support and care, fostering a sense of belonging and acceptance, quality creates and inhibits community, and program legacy and vision. Teacher profiles are included in the findings.

scholarly journals The Dimension of the Teacher-Student Relationship: Frequent Language and its Conditioning Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1 (19)) ◽  
pp. 83-99
Author(s):  
Marta Blanco Navarro
Keyword(s):  
School Context ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Interdisciplinary Methodology ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Interpersonal Dimension ◽  
The Relationship

In our paper, we approach the question of the relationship between a teacher and a student from an interdisciplinary methodology that integrates philosophical, ethical, and pedagogical knowledge. Starting from a notion of a person as being open to reality and constitutively religated to it, we wish to discern how to establish adequate relationships with each of the individuals existing within it. Specifically, we focus on the interpersonal dimension that can be established in a school context. As a result of this reflection, we propose a series of guidelines in relation to some linguistic expressions, to be carried out according to the student’s own understanding.

scholarly journals How Children Feel Matters: Teacher–Student Relationship as an Indirect Role Between Interpersonal Trust and Social Adjustment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Dong ◽  
Hongfei Wang ◽  
Fang Luan ◽  
Zheneng Li ◽  
Li Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Interpersonal Trust ◽  
Student Relationships ◽  
Teacher Student Relationships ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Teachers Perspectives

Previous studies have demonstrated positive correlations between children’s interpersonal trust and social adjustment. However, the psychological mechanism underlying this effect is still unclear. The current study tested the indirect roles of teacher–student relationships from both students’ and teachers’ perspectives in a Chinese context. In total, 709 pupils from grade three to grade five, and their 17 head teachers from a Chinese public primary school participated in this study. The Children’s Generalized Trust Beliefs Scale, Social Adjustment Scale for Children and Adolescents, and Teacher–Student Relationship Questionnaire were used in this study. All these variables were correlated with each other. Structural equation models showed that the interpersonal trust indirectly influenced social adjustment through the teacher–student relationship from students’ perspectives, while the teacher–student relationship from teachers’ perspectives did not play an indirect role. These findings suggest that the teacher–student relationship perceived by students is more important for children’s social adjustment than that perceived by teachers. Both parents and teachers should pay more attention to developing children’s interpersonal trust, build better teacher–student relationships, and focus more on how children feel about the relationship.

Metaphors we teach by

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-70
Author(s):  
Bridgette Martin Hard ◽  
Nathan Liang ◽  
Michelle Wong ◽  
Stephen J. Flusberg
Keyword(s):  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Complex Activity ◽  
Teacher Responsibility ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Attributes ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Student Relationship

Abstract Teaching is a complex activity that people often discuss metaphorically, as when a professor is described as a sculptor molding impressionable students. What do such metaphors reveal about how people conceptualize teaching? Previous work has addressed related questions largely via researcher intuition and qualitative analyses of teacher attitudes. We sought to develop a more principled method for mapping the entailments of metaphorical concepts, using teaching metaphors as a case study. We presented participants with one of four common metaphors for the teacher-student relationship (identified in a preliminary study) and asked them to rate the degree to which a series of teacher attributes fit the metaphor. We then used iterated exploratory factor analysis to identify a small number of dimensions that underlie people’s conceptions of teachers and examined whether the metaphors systematically differed along these dimensions. We found that teaching metaphors bring to mind distinct, coherent clusters of teacher attributes and different intuitions about teacher responsibility and power – a finding we replicated in a larger, pre-registered follow-up study using a new set of participants. This work provides a novel method for mapping the entailments of metaphorical concepts and sets the stage for educational interventions centered on shifting lay theories of teaching.

scholarly journals Experiencias de diálogo entre maestro y estudiante: encuentros y desencuentros.

Katharsis ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Sofía Fernández Fuente ◽  
Marlon Yezid Cortés Palomino ◽  
Sammy Yhow Guerra ◽  
Eliud Hoyos Almario
Keyword(s):  
Student Teacher ◽  
School Context ◽  
Interesting Aspect ◽  
Student Teacher Relationship ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

ResumenEl presente artículo hace parte de los resultados de la investigación “Concepciones de diálogo que tienen los maestros y maestras del Valle de Aburrá en la relación con sus alumnos en el contexto escolar”, en la que, luego del análisis de ocho entrevistas a profesores en todos los niveles de escolaridad, emergieron como producto, entre otras, tres categorías: Dialogamos para ayudar a los estudiantes, rostros del estudiante en el maestro, y el estudiante que sorprende al maestro. Categorías alrededor de las cuales gravitan las experiencias que estos profesores cuentan sobre los momentos de diálogo con sus estudiantes. Lo primero y más interesante de la investigación es evidenciar, de manera clara, que en muchas ocasiones en el vínculo maestro-alumno hay un supuesto: todos estamos de acuerdo en relación a qué es dialogar con los estudiantes. Desnaturalizar este supuesto es lo que se pretendió en esta investigación, al emerger de manera clara que en el vínculo maestro-alumno es necesario contar con que hay dos sujetos, y que, por lo tanto, la armonía no es precisamente lo que más se experimenta. Palabras clave: Diálogo, maestro, estudiante, psicoanálisis, experiencias,psicologización de la enseñanza. AbstractThis paper shows the finding of the research “Conceptions of dialogue with the teachers of Valle de Aburrá in the relationship with their students in the school context”, the analysis of the interviews conducted to eight teachers at all levels of education showed as a result, among others, three categories: Let´s engage students in dialogue, Student’s faces on the teacher and The student who surprises the teacher. Categories that tell teachers ´experiences about moments of dialogue with their students. The first and most interesting aspect of this research is to make clear, that in the student-teacher relationship exists a frequent assumption: We all agree in what dialogue with students is. This research was aimed to denature this assumption, showing in these findings that in the teacher-student relationship there are two subjects, and harmony is not precisely present in this relation. Keywords: Dialogue, teacher, student, psychoanalysis, experiences, teaching psychologizing. 

scholarly journals Relationship Between Teachers and Students for Motivation (A Case Study of Community School of Nepal)

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Shankar Bahadur Rawal
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Teacher Expectation ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Student Relationship

This research paper is focused to analyze how teachers - students’ relationship plays a crucial role in students’ motivation in learning. This paper is based on the Gardner model of motivation. By adopting a qualitative method approach and a phenomenological research design, the research paper has been prepared. Convenience sampling technique has been used in it. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and unstructured interview via telephone. Four issues were identified between the teachers-student’s relationships throughout the unstructured interview: the importance of teacher-student relationship, teacher expectation, students’ motivation, and increase in academic learning. The delimitation of this researcher was to collect the data from the telephone call due to the high transmission and risk of communicable diseases like corona virus (COVID -19) spreading all over the world. The research found out that, the better contact and mutual relationship between teachers and students result in higher students’ motivation in learning.

Positive And Supportive Teacher Student Relationship

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 2665-2673
Author(s):  
Parmanand Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Student Relationships ◽  
Teacher Student Relationships ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
The University

Every teacher must realize that he/she needs to be highly motivated, committed, passionate, and optimistic towards his/her students as well as his/her teaching in order to create a positive and productive impact on the students and their learning outcomes. It is a proven fact that teachers who are sincere, caring, approachable, supportive and inspiring can easily enable their students to become enthusiastic, successful and creative learners. John Hattie, a proponent of Evidence Based Quantitative Research Methodologies on the Influences on Student achievement, who is also a Professor of Education and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has noted in his study that a harmonious classroom can assist with the development of creativity as well as reduce anxiety levels amongst students. In my opinion, the primary objective of all effective and conscious teachers should be to promote a safe and healthy learning environment wherein students will feel confident, comfortable, happy and accepted. Time and again, I am convinced of the fact that only effective and conscious teachers understand, acknowledge and therefore, appreciate the significance of creating a rapport and bonding with their students for providing an education that is positive, productive and progressive. When teachers display a positive and congenial attitude towards their students, they not only make them ‘learn better, faster and deeper’ but make them self-confident and self-reliant too. Building positive, supportive, cooperative and mutually strong teacher-student relationships is the key to create a welcoming, healthy and conducive learning space in which students are enabled to thrive, prosper and go on to become what they are meant to be in life. And it is only by forging and nurturing a strong and positive relationship with their students, can teachers create a healthy and conducive learning atmosphere wherein students feel welcome, accepted, respected, loved and cared for, wherein learning becomes fun and joy. Conscious and committed teachers promote the art of positive parenting in every classroom and in every school to enable the students to become confident learners by willingly and happily shouldering the responsibility of being their ‘second parents’.When teachers teach with passion, display positive attitude towards their students and their success, and show genuine care for them, the students reciprocate with respect for their teachers, interest and love for their learning.

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