Healthy Relationship Between Students And Teachers Help

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By Staff

Monday, July 6, 2009, 13:57

Here you go: one more testimony that will prove that students who have healthy relationship with teachers at schools tend to have a better success rates than the rest who don't.

The research done in the University of Missouri by the duo, Christi Bergin and David Bergin, prove that students with positive attachments to their professors and institutions display higher grades and higher standardised test scores.

On this, experts say that a better relationship between students and teachers can bring about a lot of change, of course a better change that will help in the welfare in of the students. Christi, associate professor in the M.U.

College of Education, said: "In this era of accountability, enhancing student-teacher relationships is not merely an add-on, but rather is fundamental to raising achievement". He adds: "Secure student-teacher relationships predict greater knowledge, higher test scores, greater academic motivation and fewer retentions or special education referrals."

On students missing classes, Christi feels that a healthy relationship can actually help a lot in combating the situation. He concludes by saying "Children who have conflicted relationships with teachers tend to like school less, are less self-directed and cooperate less in the classroom."

The experts found that kids with healthy relationships can be in command of their emotions, and are more socially skilled and willing to face demanding learning tasks in the classroom. David Bergin, an associate professor of Educational Psychology, said: "To be effective, teachers must connect with and care for children with warmth, respect and trust. In addition," he says, "It's important for schools to make children feel secure and valued, which can liberate them to take on intellectual and social challenges and explore new ideas."

The review has been published in Education Psychology Review,and was entitled "Attachment in the Classroom".

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