This study investigated differences between students’ perceptions of their best teachers in primary and higher education in Poland. Teacher behavior was conceptualized in terms of the teacher-student interpersonal relationship and described in terms of eight behavioral sectors – leadership, helpful/friendly, understanding, student responsibility/ freedom, uncertain, dissatisfied, admonishing an...

Many studies have examined the importance of teacher–student relationships for the development of children. Much less is known, however, about how these relationships impact the professional and personal lives of teachers. This review considers the importance of teacher–student relationships for the wellbeing of teachers starting from the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping of Lazarus (199...

This paper investigates teacher ratings in relation to the student test score in PIRLS 2001. Teacher assessment relates to concerns of equity and equality, and of making correct judgments of the students’ skills. It is thus crucial for a teacher to think about these issues. But do teachers assess the same skills equally? Previous research suggests that teacher assessments lack in equality. As a...

This study examined early elementary school children's trajectories of peer victimization with a sample of 218 boys and girls. Peer victimization was assessed (via peer report) in kindergarten, 1(st), 2(nd), and 5(th) grades. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to examine multiple types of relationships (mother-child, student-teacher, friendship) as predictors of kindergarten levels of ...

The literature reviews aims to investigate the effects that extracurricular activity engagement by teachers has on the teacher-student educational relationship. The review concludes that there are positives and negatives for the teacherstudent educational relationship when teachers and students engage in extracurricular activity. It cautions about some of the commitments required for teachers t...

This descriptive correlational study examined the relationships between teacher immediacy and student motivation. Specifically, verbal and nonverbal independent variables were compared with dependent traits of expectancy-value and approach-avoidance motivation. Students selfreported perceived levels of instructor immediacy and self-rated their resulting motivation. The measures of verbal and no...

This paper presents result of the first stage of a three-year research project on Development media-based training model. The project aiming at developing training model based on media which in line with teachers need in order to improve elementary school teacher competence in science teaching. In this first stage of research four actions has been conducted, they are: (1) Developing the criteri...

Although school policy discussions often focus on the relationship between school resources and student performance, empirical studies have failed to produce systematic evidence that such a relationship exists. In particular, there is little evidence that teacher salaries affect teacher quality or student outcomes. Most studies use cross-sectional variation to identify the impact of teacher wag...

Resumen Background: Although there have been many studies of bullying, few have linked it with the escalation of disruption-coercion that sometimes occur in the classroom. Understanding this relationship is the aim of this research. Method: The study included 22114 Spanish adolescents, aged 12 to 18 years (mean age = 14.22, SD = 1.41). 49.6% were boys (mean age = 14.26, SD = 1.41) and 50.4% wer...