Abstract
Most of us can remember a favourite teacher. Some of us can also remember a teacher we didn’t get on with or with whom we always seemed to get in trouble.
Relationships between students and teachers at school are important. They predict students’ motivation, performance, and expectations of future relationships.
We interviewed 96 students from a range of schools in Years 3 to 9. We wanted to find out who students remember as their favourite and least favourite teachers. We also wanted to find out what made those relationships positive or negative.
In our study, published in the journal School Psychology Review, all students described similar factors that made them like their teachers — care, kindness and humour.
Relationships between students and teachers at school are important. They predict students’ motivation, performance, and expectations of future relationships.
We interviewed 96 students from a range of schools in Years 3 to 9. We wanted to find out who students remember as their favourite and least favourite teachers. We also wanted to find out what made those relationships positive or negative.
In our study, published in the journal School Psychology Review, all students described similar factors that made them like their teachers — care, kindness and humour.
| Original language | English |
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| Specialist publication | The Conversation |
| Publisher | The Conversation Media Group |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Aug 2020 |