Improving students relationships with teachers has important, positive and long-lasting implication for students academic and social development. solely, improving students' relationship with their teachers will not produce gains in achievement (see "High quality academic instruction"). How ever those students who have close, positive, and supportive relationships with their teachers will attained higher levels of achievement then those students will more conflictual relationships. If a students feels personal connection to a teacher, experiences frequent communication with a teacher and receives more guidance and praise then criticism from the teacher, then the student is likely to become more trustful of that teacher, show more engagement in the academic content presented, display better classroom behavior, and achieve at higher levels academically. Positive teacher-student relationship draw students into the process of learning and promote their desire to learn(given that the content material of the class is engaging and age appropriate).
Example: What do good teacher- students relationships look like and why do these relationships matter?
Teachers who foster positive relationships with their students create classroom environments more conducive to learning and meeting students' developmental, emotional and academic needs. Here are some concrete examples of closeness between a teacher and a student:
- A seventeen- year- old girl who is experiencing divorce at home goes to her former first grade teacher in the mornings for a hug of encouragement, even though she is now in second grade.
- A fourth grade boy who is struggling math shows comfort in admitting to his teacher that he needs help with multiplying and dividing fractions.
- A middle school girl experiences bulling from other students and approaches her social studies teacher to discuss it because she trusts that the teacher will listen and help with out making her feel socially inept.
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