A case study of student and teacher relationships and the effect on student learning
participant to build relationships with her students has four foundational
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A CASE STUDY OF STUDENT AND TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS AND THE EFFECT
participant to build relationships with her students has four foundational steps. She begins by building trust with her students, frequently engaging with them in conversations about their lives. Following 108 Sarason’s (1999) counsel that teachers be constantly looking for ways to motivate the learner, this participant also engages in active listening to her students talking with each other to gain insight into potential sources of motivation for the students, and to gather information that she will use to engage her learners through high interest materials and lessons. Support for this practice also comes from Dewey (1938) who believed that the knowledge an educator has of individuals serves to provide students with the opportunity to contribute to something – in this case, their own education. The second step this study participant engages in is establishing rules and consequences together as an interactional process. This collaboration provides the students with a sense of ownership of the classroom environment being created. Downey (2008) writes that this sense of belonging is critical to a student’s success in school. The third step is to collaboratively create a reward system that allows students to earn privileges for their hard work. This reward system is based on student interest and knowledge gained by the teacher as to what an effective motivator would be. As Crosnoe, Johnson, & Elder (2004) determined, it serves to keep students committed to the educational process. 109 Lastly, this participant deliberately studies student behaviors for more proactive responses to her students in the learning environment. She gathers observational data that she uses to make a strong connection to her students as recommended by Flood, et al. (2003). Flood, et al. contends that this strong connection will result in deep and lasting learning. A contention that this study participant supports as she describes frequent interacting and monitoring of student work to track student learning and insure progress is being made. As Spiro et al. (1987) describe it, knowledge is acquired through active involvement along with “opportunistic guidance by expert mentors” (p. 614). This study participant, acting as an expert mentor, provides opportunistic guidance to her students through her purposeful classroom design, focused relationship building, and encouraging learning environment. Summary Hamre & Pianta (2006) recommend that teachers be encouraged to learn about students’ lives outside of the classroom as a way to connect with students on a deeper level in order to build a relationship with them. They contend that an emotionally and socially positive school climate contributes to “an atmosphere of cordiality in student- 110 teacher relationships” (p.53). Support for Hamre & Pianta’s assertion was substantiated in the findings of the Contextual Categories and in the findings regarding Research Question 2 where the study participant described her process for building relationships with her students. Her ‘atmosphere of cordiality’ is created by building trust with her students, collaboratively creating class routines and procedures based on respect, active listening, and sharing her own personal stories with her students. Download 1.49 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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