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We asked kids who their favourite teacher is, and why. Here’s what they said
Posted October 11, 2021
This interesting Conversation article looks at interview answers with children concerning what they like and don’t like about their teachers.
Most of us can remember a favourite teacher. Some of us can also remember a teacher we didn’t get on with or with whom we always seemed to get in trouble.
Relationships between students and teachers at school are important. They predict students’ motivation, performance, and expectations of future relationships.
We interviewed 96 students from a range of schools in Years 3 to 9. We wanted to find out who students remember as their favourite and least favourite teachers. We also wanted to find out what made those relationships positive or negative.
