Student-Teacher Relationships
Effective Teaching & Learning Practice | Connecting with Students
Student
Teacher
Relationships
Teacher Skills
Developing relationships
requires teacher skills such as;
listening
caring
positive regard for others
Hattie, 2009, p.118
Never let the demands of your job
or the curriculum cause you to
forget that each one of your
students is a feeling - thinking
human being. For education to be
effective, it must be personal.
George Isaac Brown
The Research
Student-Teacher Relationships
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Student-Teacher Relationships
Give Students a Voice
Create an environment
where students feel safe
to engage in authentic
interactions.
What do you
think would make
this better?
Learn Their World
Strive for an
understanding and
appreciation of the
students’ life outside the
classroom.
What did you do
last night?
Classroom Culture
Establish connections
and belonging within
the classroom walls.
Let’s work
together to think
of our class rules.
Listen to Students
Listen, understand and
validate students needs,
questions and concerns.
I understand you
are frustrated
with his project.
How can I help
you?
Children don’t care
what you know until
they know that you
care about them.
Effective Student-Teacher Relationships
⃝ Increase levels of students’ interests
and enjoyment of the class.
⃝ Increase levels of students’ academic
Murray 2002
achievement.
⃝ Decrease the occurrence of classroom
Phelan 1992
disruptions.
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