Teacher-Student Relationship
- Jun 2, 2017
- 1 min read
"What is in the best interest for this student?"
"It is only when students believe you care, that they allow you to inspire them."
When we speak to students, we can choose to focus on their deficits or their strengths.
And very often, (especially for the more 'problematic' students), they are already painfully aware of their weaknesses.
In every difficult situation, there is a strength that can be seen in the student, or a skill that they can learn (e.g. coping strategy?)
"Positive TSR refers to the extent to which students perceive being respected, supported and valued by their teachers."
-Doll et al., 2004
"At-Risk Behaviour"
Academic Risk
Behavioural Risk
Four Ingredients for Effective TSR:
1. Personal Qualities of Teacher (warm / engaged / responsive / open... - use your personality, don't hide it)
2. Socially and Emotionally Competencies
3. Good Classroom Management
4. Supportive Structures (e.g. FTGP / Life Skill Progs / Assembly Progs)
Strategies:
-Iceberg Analogy (looking beyond the surface)
What we see on the surface is, most of the time, NOT all there is to it (different motivations etc)
-Ladder of Inference (not jumping to conclusions) (efficient, but not effective)
Making snap judgements from inferences rather than objective data
While we give students support, we also want to maintain discipline in their lives
How we should respond to students
How we should respond to students
"I have 45min with you, what do you want to talk about?"
-set the boundaries and the space
-is it relevant and important? If not, are there other avenues we can use to talk about it?
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