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A knowledge base for teachers on teacher-student relationships

Theo Wubbels

pp. 67-81

Teacher-student relationships are an important factor in effective learning environments and of specific importance in multicultural classrooms. This chapter presents some of the findings of a research programme that studied for more than 30 years teacher-student relationships. We first summarise the interpersonal perspective on the study of teaching and introduce an instrument to measure perceptions of the teacher-student relationship. Then we present results on the associations of teacher-student relationships and student outcomes, both cognitive and affective and explore how these associations differ for various ethnic groups. After a discussion on changes in the teacher-student relationships in time and developments over the teaching career we discuss common teacher problems in the relationships with their classes with a comparison of problems in mainstream and multicultural classrooms. Finally we delve into teacher-student interact ions that can be considered building blocks for the development of teacher-student relationships with an emphasis on the influence of coercive teacher behaviour in one lesson on teacher-student relationships in consecutive lessons.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54389-5_6

Full citation:

Wubbels, T. (2017)., A knowledge base for teachers on teacher-student relationships, in L. Florian & N. Pantić (eds.), Teacher education for the changing demographics of schooling, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 67-81.

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