Understanding the Dynamics of Teacher-Child Relationships at School

Abstract

This paper speaks about the power of affective bond between teachers and children at school. Gathered majorly through secondary data, this paper brings together past researches, to understand teacher-child relationship trajectories at school. A large body of educational researches advocates the importance of positive and supportive teacher-child relationships at school. Considering a relationship cannot prove to be positive and supportive without ‘affection' as a foundational base, there seems to be an urgent need to explore teacher-child relationship for this element, at school. A positive teacher-child relationship is important to build healthy and happy classrooms. The paper thus is a brief account of various empirical researches and theoretical discussions in this field.