Teachers' choices for the teaching career and their teacher-student interpersonal relationships in the classroom

This paper reports on the relationships between teachers’ reasons forchoosing a teaching career and their interpersonal behaviour in the classroom. In doing so,it extends international research with the FIT-Choice scale - an instrument that examinesdifferent classes of teachers’ motivations: perceived abilities; intrinsic, personal & socialutility values; and task perceptions (Richardson & Watt, 2006; Watt & Richardson, 2007,2008) – to the context of the Netherlands. It also contributes by linking the framework toresearch on teacher-student interpersonal behaviour in the classroom (Wubbels,Brekelmans, den Brok & van Tartwijk, 2006). Teacher-student interpersonal behaviour isconceptualised here in terms of two major dimensions: control (the degree to which theteacher determines the interaction) and affiliation (the degree to which teachers andstudents are cooperative or oppositional). Prior research suggests that teacher-studentinterpersonal behaviour is strongly linked to other teaching variables, teacher stress orburn-out, but also to student outcomes (Wubbels et al., 2006)

Interpersonal adaptation in teacher-student interaction

Teacher-student relationships play a crucial role in the quality of teaching and learning. Daily interpersonal interactions in classrooms are the building blocks of teacher-student relationships. With the aim to add to insights on teaching and learning, we specifically explored interpersonal adaptation in daily interactions. Adaptation, i.e., how people respond to each other's actions and reactions, is a defining characteristic of interactions. We studied 35 classrooms in secondary education. Although the degree and nature of interpersonal adaptation was in general consistent with interpersonal theory, degree of adaptation varied considerably between classrooms. In classrooms with a more preferred teacher-student relationship, behaviour of teachers and the adaptation to the behaviour of their students was more in accordance with professional standards, compared to classrooms with a less preferred relationship. Conceptualizations and results of the present study contribute to theory on teacher-student interaction, as well as the practice of teacher professional development (e.g., video coaching).Teaching and Teacher Learning (ICLON

Teacher-Student Relationships and Student Achievement in Grades Six and Seven Math

This study analyzed the effect of teacher-student relationships on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) math scores for grades six and seven. Data were studied to determine if an increase in student achievement was related to the often-overlooked interpersonal human relationships between teachers and students. The researcher expected to find a correlation between positive teacher-student relationships and an increase in standardized test scores. The researcher analyzed the data of student scores in rural middle school mathematics\u27 class and teacher characteristics to determine if a relation existed between student achievement and positive teacher-student relationships. The American version of the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) was used to collect information on teacher-student relationships from the student point of view and was correlated to end-of-year math SOL test scores. The participants were sixth and seventh grade students who answered questions about the mathematics teacher. The results of the survey were then compared to the year end Standards of Learning Mathematics Test. The survey answers were compiled using a pre-set number organization that grouped the answers into the eight different teacher characteristic categories. In review of the overall percentages, it appeared that the students found the teachers in this mathematics-teaching group to have strong skills in leadership, helpfulness, dissatisfaction, and uncertainty. In the teacher categories, leadership, helpfulness, dissatisfaction, and uncertainty, there was a significant correlation between the Virginia Standards of Learning passing test scores and teacher categories

An Examination of Student Perceptions of Career and Technical Education Teachers\u27 Interpersonal Behaviors and Their Impact on Student Achievement

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine career and technical education (CTE) students’ perceptions of CTE teacher interpersonal behaviors and their impact on student achievement. This study is important because teacher-student relationships impact student achievement and CTE struggles with students earning concentrators and/ or completers. Wubbels et al.’s (1985) 48-item student questionnaire of teacher interaction was administered to CTE students enrolled in CTE courses. Descriptive statistics revealed students perceive their teachers as having more leadership, understanding, and helping/friendly behaviors and less uncertain, student responsibility/freedom, admonishing, dissatisfied, and strict behaviors. Due to the small sample size, the nonparametric Spearman’s rank correlations and Whitney-Mann U-test were not conducted to determine the relationship between students’ grades and their perceptions of teachers’ interpersonal behaviors in the classroom. The implications of these findings suggest additional research in CTE as it relates to CTE teachers’ teaching behaviors of females, African American males, and secondary biology and management teachers

Teachers, loosen up! How teachers can trigger interpersonally cooperative behavior in students at risk of academic failure

Student cooperativeness underlies high quality teacher-student relationships, and has been positively associated with students' school engagement. Fostering cooperative rather than oppositional student behavior might be especially helpful for protecting at-risk students against academic failure. To understand how exactly students' cooperativeness can be fostered, we investigated the interpersonal behaviors of secondary school teachers and at-risk students during dyadic interactions (N = 82 dyads) in the context of positive teacher-student relationships. Using Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics, moment-to-moment teacher and student behavior was captured in terms of interpersonal agency (dominance vs. submissiveness) and communion (opposition vs. cooperation). Time-series analyses were used to analyze interpersonal behavior within individuals, within dyads, and between dyads. Cooperative student behavior was most likely if teachers acted friendly and cooperatively and if teachers ‘loosened up’ their agency and the structure they imposed on the interaction repeatedly, which may give students more freedom to express themselves and to cooperate

The Importance of Teacher Interpersonal Behaviour for Student Attitudes in Brunei Primary Science Classes

This study investigated relationships between students' perceptions of their teachers' interpersonal behaviour and their subject-related attitude in primary science classes in Brunei. Teacher-student interpersonal behaviour was mapped with the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) and reported in terms of two independent dimensions called Influence (teacher dominance vs submission) and Proximity (teacher cooperation vs opposition). While prior research using the QTI mainly focused on secondary education, the present study was one of the first in Brunei and in primary education and one of few studies to use multilevel analysis. Data from 1305 students from 64 classes were used in this study. Results indicated strong and positive effects of Influence and Proximity on students' enjoyment of their science class and supported findings of earlier work with the QTI

A HUMANISTIC APPROACH TO ADULT EDUCATION: LEARNING FROM THE INSIDE OUT

We approach the adult educator/adult learner relationship from an affective perspective, noting the role of diversity, as we establish parameters for this paper. One of us has stated that a dear friend and adult educator told her many times that more is “caught than taught” (referring to informal and incidental learning that takes place on a daily basis and in most situations). We believe the truth of that axiom is applicable to all interactions between adult educators and adult students. It is essentially, and in the final analysis, a human relationship. We will examine diversity as it relates to teacher-learner interaction specifically in four areas that impact this humanistic educational process: (1) adult educator/adult student interpersonal relationships as they apply to the instructional process; (2) the effect of spirituality on the adult educator/adult student relationship; (3) interaction between the adult educator and adult student in a counseling setting, and finally; (4) the effectiveness of adult educators in evaluating programs for a diverse adult student population

Learning a musical instrument: the influence of interpersonal interaction on outcomes for school-aged pupils

Researchers in recent years have increasingly placed an emphasis on seeking pupils' perceptions of educational settings. Alongside this shift towards attaching value to the pupil viewpoint has been a growing interest concerning how interpersonal relationships, manifested as control or responsiveness between teachers and pupils or parents and pupils, impact on learning processes and outcomes. This study aimed first to elicit pupils' perceptions of their interpersonal interactions with teachers and parents, in the context of learning a musical instrument. The second aim was to explore whether dimensions of interpersonal interaction could account for variability in learning outcomes. Three hundred and thiry-seven violin pupils were surveyed, and measures for the interpersonal dimensions of control and responsiveness, as well as measures for outcomes that were defined as self-esteem, self-efficacy, motivation, enjoyment of music and musical attainment, were collected. A principal component analysis of the control and responsiveness scales was carried out. Multiple regressions revealed that receptiveness to parental support and pupil-teacher accord accounted for significant variability in the learning outcomes. The research reported here adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that the interpersonal dynamics of pupil-parent and pupil-teacher dyads represent a powerful influence in pupils' experiences of learning musical instruments. © The Author(s) 2011

Interpersonal interaction within the violin teaching studio: the influence of interpersonal dynamics on outcomes for teachers

The overall aims of this study were to identify qualities of interpersonal interaction within teacher- parent-pupil learning partnerships and to explore whether these characteristics were predictors of learning and teaching outcomes for teachers, parents and pupils participating in pursuit of expertise on musical instruments. This article presents the findings relating to how teachers' beliefs relating to interpersonal interaction with pupils and parents impacted on their professional satisfaction, self-efficacy, and involvement with pupils and parents. Two hundred and sixty-three violin teachers were surveyed, each completing a questionnaire that included measures of the interpersonal constructs of control and responsiveness as well as measures for outcomes that included professional satisfaction, teacher self-efficacy, and involvement with pupils and parents. The scales for control and responsiveness were subjected to a principal component analysis, revealing several underlying dimensions of these constructs. Multiple regressions revealed that facets of control bore significant correlations with all of the specified teacher outcomes, while the interpersonal factor that had the greatest influence overall was teacher sensitivity (a responsiveness component). At the heart of this finding is a model of a 'responsive leader', providing authoritative direction but also compelled to respond to the individual pupil needs and parental wishes or circumstances. © The Author(s) 2010

Міжособистісна взаємодія викладача та майбутнього фахівця водного транспорту

The article is devoted to the analysis of interpersonal interaction between teachers and future specialists of water transport in conditions of professional pedagogical activity in the team. In the course of the research, the analysis of the scientific literature and generalization of the results of the developments on the existing problems, consultation with competent persons and purposeful observation of the life activity of the really functioning student groups are used. The article shows the relationship between the existing types of teachers and the nature of interpersonal interaction with future specialists in water transport. It is noted that the cumulative nature of interpersonal relationships in the «teacher-student» depends on the types described by teachers and is subjective. Thus, if the teacher dominated authoritarian style building interpersonal relations, future professionals of water transport manifests status anxiety, uncertainty, anxiety, and, dissatisfaction, irritability, aggressiveness sometimes explicit – a condition that is inherently educational manifestation of stress. The organization of the educational process in the form of a dialogue as a type of interpersonal communication is especially important when the teacher being the person alone forms the personality of the future specialist water transport, its outlook, which guarantees its continuous professional growth and development of life, values. However, in practice teachers, despite many positive  changes in  ducation in recent years, the prevailing traditional approach to the educational process. The importance of the teacher’s authority in the process of interpersonal interaction is argued. Found that teacher awareness of the activity leads to the creation of human relationships that create a culture of communication of teachers and students in terms of interpersonal interaction. This communication forms the personality of the future specialist water transport his personal position, outlook, attitude, which guarantees its continuous professional growth and development of life and values. It is established that the prospects for further research lie in the study of various aspects of interaction between the teacher and the future specialist of water transport. Стаття присвячена аналізу міжособистісної взаємодії викладачів та майбутніх фахівців водного транспорту в умовах професійної педагогічної діяльності в колективі. У ході дослідження використано аналіз наукової літератури й узагальнення результатів напрацювань з окресленої проблематики, консультації з компетентними особами та цілеспрямоване спостереження за життєдіяльністю реально функціонуючих студентських навчальних груп. У статті показаний взаємозв’язок між наявними типами викладачів та характером міжособистісної взаємодії з майбутніми фахівцями водного транспорту. Обґрунтовано важливість авторитету педагога в процесі міжособистісної взаємодії. Встановлено, що перспективи подальших розвідок лежать у площині вивчення різних аспектів взаємодії педагога та майбутнього фахівця водного транспорту