The Power of the Student-Teacher Connection

There is much contention regarding how to improveacademic outcomes, particularly with the diversestudent body that populates our schools today. The NoChild Left Behind Act and the strong emphasis ontesting and standards have bypassed a crucialcomponent in this struggle. This book hypothesizesthat a supportive and intellectually challengingrelationship with a teacher is critical for studentsto succeed academically. How children learn will beexplored along with the constructs of attachment andresilience and this will provide the theoreticalgrounding. Data from the National Survey of Child andAdolescent Well Being (NSCAW) will be presented.Responses from students nationwide will be analyzedassessing if and how students? perceptions of theirteachers affect measures of school success. Thistopic has significant implications for both publiceducation and social work practice. Teachers providenot only information but an essential humanconnection. When this connection is caring andsupportive, children not only learn, but develop intoproductive participants in our transnational world.

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There is much contention regarding how to improve academic outcomes, particularly with the diverse student body that populates our schools today. The No Child Left Behind Act and the strong emphasis on testing and standards have bypassed a crucial component in this struggle. This book hypothesizes that a supportive and intellectually challenging relationship with a teacher is critical for students to succeed academically. How children learn will be explored along with the constructs of attachment and resilience and this will provide the theoretical grounding. Data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well Being (NSCAW) will be presented. Responses from students nationwide will be analyzed assessing if and how students? perceptions of their teachers affect measures of school success. This topic has significant implications for both public education and social work practice. Teachers provide not only information but an essential human connection. When this connection is caring and supportive, children not only learn, but develop into productive participants in our transnational world.