LET 2020 - Alice's Learning Journal: [EDUINTERACT-1] What do we remember from teachers and teaching? Memories from teachers from Minna Uitto’s research data and a book: Jyrhämä, R & al. 2016. Opettajan didaktiikka. Jyväskylä: PS KUSTANNUS. 1. I was heavily bullied at school by some “tough girls”. All the breaks were pure hell and I started to skip classes. Teachers did not do anything even though they knew what happened. I was late from every single class because some girls in my class built a wall in front of me. 2. 3. 4. The teacher knew about my dismal home conditions and discreetly showed that to me … Later studies and then work have opened my eyes. 5. The Impact and Importance of Positive Student-Teacher Relationships — Empowered Learning Transformation Centers.
As a result, students are more likely to participate actively in class and challenge themselves academically. Studies show that teachers who feel engaged by passionate students who proactively work at their relationships with them grade a full grade higher than others. It pays to pursue a strong relationship with a teacher from the first day of school. The student/teacher relationship is a cornerstone in a student’s social maturation process. Cultivating a positive rapport with a non-parental authority figure allows students to define themselves, adapt to their environment and grow their emotional and social intelligence. It takes guts and determination to address a teacher privately and let them know how much doing well in the classroom matters to them and teachers value that outreach and display of maturity.
According to Peter Riddle, 37-year education expert and founder of ELTC, “Positive relationships with teachers become game changers for kids. Texas on record-setting pace for inappropriate teacher-student relationships. AMARILLO, Texas - Reports of Texas teachers having inappropriate relationships with students are on track to beat last year's record total. The Texas Education Agency reports it has launched 162 investigations of reported inappropriate teacher-student relationships between Sept. 1 and May 31. The Amarillo Globe-News reports that the agency had 188 investigations last fiscal year, marking at least the fifth year of growth in a row. The issue in Texas shot back into the national spotlight after it was revealed last week that former Houston-area teacher Alexandria Vera, 24, had been impregnated by a then-13-year-old former student. Court documents allege she was introduced to his family as the boy's girlfriend, and the woman said that his parents supported the relationship and invited her to family gatherings.
She reportedly said she told a school district investigator the family was "very supportive and excited" when she disclosed her pregnancy. Do Teachers Treat Their Students Differently? An Observational Study on Teacher-Student Interactions as a Function of Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement. Through classroom interactions, teachers provide their students with different opportunities to learn. Some kinds of interactions elicit more learning activities than others. With differential treatment of students, teachers may exacerbate or reduce achievement differences in their classroom. In addition, differential interactions may contribute to teacher expectation effects, with teachers treating their high-expectation students more favourably.
This study investigated how differential teacher-student interactions are related to students’ mathematics achievement and teachers’ expectations. 1. Primary education teachers teach heterogeneous classes in which students differ in numerous aspects, such as their cognitive abilities, their classroom behaviour, and their socioeconomic backgrounds. Thus, adaptive and differentiated teaching may have positive and negative effects on student learning. 2. 2.1.
Low expectations are communicated to students in several ways. 2.2. 2.3. 3. 4. 4.1. 5. Respecting Students Is a Must for Teacher Effectiveness. Respecting students is essential for boosting teacher effectiveness. It seems today that the media jumps at every opportunity to showcase an educator who has made a poor decision in judgment. One of the most prevalent issues highlighted is that of a teacher continuously berating or disrespecting a student or group of students. This type of behavior is unacceptable. All educators expect their students to be respectful to them, but some fail to realize that this is a two-way street. All educators should show their students respect at all times including tense moments of conflict. Conduct a search on Google or YouTube for “teacher abuse” and the number of examples you will find of such unprofessional conduct is embarrassing to the profession. How to Build Strong, Trusting Student-Teacher Relationships Sometimes we forget where many of these students come from and the situations that they deal with on a daily basis.
Try to have patience and understanding when dealing with a student. How to be Fair and Ethical in the Classroom | Graduate Connections | Nebraska. Published: Many aspects of the teaching assistant's role may create ethical dilemmas of one sort or another. Your roles as adviser, evaluator, exam administrator, authority figure and peer have the potential to become problematic at times, often because they present conflicting demands. Because fairness is a perception based on interpretations of behavior, not intentions, many instructors may inadvertently engage in what students perceive to be unfair behavior. Although one might expect students to be most concerned with outcome or procedural fairness because it affects their grades, Dr. Below we offer tips on how to be fair and ethical in the classroom, thereby avoiding as many classroom problems as possible.
Impartiality. Respect. Patience is especially difficult when students actively misbehave in class. Concern for students. Integrity. Propriety. Conclusion. Adapted with permission from Whitley, Jr., B., Perkins, D., Balogh, D., Keith-Spiegel, P. & Wittig, A. (2000, July/August).