The Importance Of Student and Teacher Relationship?

The Importance Of Student and Teacher Relationship?By Giada Fiordelmondo

Children are said to be like sponges. They learn from other people words, emotions or values, sometimes ways to do, to be, to speak. But if we observe it, both children and adults learn through relationships. One of the most important relationships for children is with their teacher because he teaches also with his/her way to do and talk. He or she transmits important values to create a healthy relationship and learn to work together like empathy, respect and coworking. Empathy: teacher understands student’s problem and looks for resolve with them. For example when a student doesn't understand some lessons and the teacher searches for a way to help him/her. It is through the teacher that the students learn empathy.

Respect for others and rules: there is time for listening to the lesson and time for playing and it’s important to establish the rules. Rules help us to make a quiet atmosphere.Teachers too have to respect them, only in this way students will comprehend the importance of their existence. Coworking: through it learning is easier because it becomes a work of everybody, where everyone is busy to co-work and understanding the lesson. Example: keeping silence during the lessons is a work of everybody or respect the speaking rounds as well. Studies show us how it is important being in supportive relationships is an important element for individual well-being, someone that believes in you, in your potential. In addition building supportive relationships make more positive results in work because the student feels stimulated to do better in homework and at school. Supportive relationships are like there is someone who cheers for his/her athlete and the latter is driven to do better. The School Psychology review published an article in 2023 where argued the importance of positive teacher-student relationships because it sets the stage for children’s success via classroom engagement, social functioning and academic skills development. Research reveals that positive teacher-student relationship predict positively student perceptions on discipline and being interested in it. Teachers’ prosocial classroom behaviors and being so supportive with students helped the teacher to keep a high quality education, because students have a good opinion of teachers.

In addition it is important to have the parent’s presence because in this way they feel involved in the education of the children. In this way the school and family are allied in the same direction for the same values. Since the beginning school wants to bring the value for sharing, compassion and helping each other. In according to this opinion is fundamental the help that a student give to other student. In fact it is studied that this way to learn is impressive, its name is “peer education” and helps also to create bonding between students. As Jackie Green says in the journal Promotion and

Education, peer education has an important influence on health related behavior, through their attitudes and normative expectations and as a source of advice and information.

In society there are many agencies that participate to grow a child, a person. First the family, then the school and the sport associations, extracurricular activities. More agency means more persons involved in a child's education and in this way children can learn from everybody they meet. This variety of agencies means that children find more space to grow up in, so it is important that they find their own way and time to grow without people siding with them.

According to this opinion the school is predominantly composed of students and teachers because they are the real actors of this environment. In the same way when children are in a sport association the actors of this environment are the trainer and the student. Parents can be the guide in life, but not participate at school’s life because for them there’s no place. So what can they do? Trust in a teacher's skill and knowledge. Obviously if there are any problems, they discuss them together.