Posts Tagged ‘teacher-student relationships’
April 18 - What Students Want: Characteristics of Effective Teachers from the Students’ Perspective
By: Ellen Smyth in Philosophy of Teaching
As an undergrad, I put myself through school waiting tables – a truly humbling experience that made me a better instructor. With a mission of 100% customer satisfaction and my livelihood on the line, the patron’s experience became my highest priority.
Taking that mindset into the classroom, I strove for 100% student satisfaction – within the confines of academic integrity, of course – and achieved great results. It turns out, oddly enough, that students love being important, valued, respected, and honored. And through the resulting faculty-student connection, students willingly transform into vessels of learning.
March 9 - Winning Students’ Hearts and Minds the Latest Campus Safety Approach
By: Bonnie Snyder in Effective Classroom Management
Campus security is not normally an issue that is discussed in conjunction with faculty members. Typically, campus safety is relegated to the purview of administrators and campus police. Few professors receive substantial training on ways to enhance campus safety through what occurs in their classrooms. This view needs to change in order to respond to current realities and to incorporate the recommendations of the latest research on campus safety.
December 22 - Different Sources of Power that Affect the Teacher-Student Relationship
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching and Learning
Communication educators have taken a well-known typology of power and applied it to teachers. According to this theory-based schematic, individuals exert influence over other individuals based on five different sources of power.
