Overview
Presents the concept of student-teacher connectedness
Advocates the value of connectedness in student-teacher relationships for student wellbeing
Offers practical advice for educators and teachers
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book argues for the importance of connectedness in student-teacher relationships during adolescence and advocates a more holistic and proactive approach to wellbeing in education. Combining education, psychology and health promotion perspectives, the book begins by providing an overview of theoretical frameworks in the study of student-teacher relationships and makes the case that good relationships with teachers are essential to students’ well-being in school. The book then goes on to present the concept of connectedness and discusses the main challenges regarding its conceptualisation in school research.
García-Moya draws on qualitative findings from the Teacher Connectedness Project to offer an in-depth examination of the central attributes of student-teacher connectedness, as well as of the links between connectedness and authority from both students’ and teachers’ perspectives. This innovative project uses a synergistic approach to investigate the role of teachers as potential significant adults in students’ lives. The final chapter offers a summary of the key practical implications for teachers and educators and makes recommendations for future research directions in this area.
This book will be a valuable resource for researchers and educators alike, as well as for anyone interested in the ongoing concerns about student wellbeing in schools.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Irene García-Moya is a Ramón y Cajal Senior Research Fellow at the University of Seville, Spain and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, where she worked as a Marie Curie Fellow and started the Teacher Connectedness Project line of research. She is currently one of the coordinators of the expert group about school in the WHO-collaborative survey Health Behaviour in School-aged Children international network.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Importance of Connectedness in Student-Teacher Relationships
Book Subtitle: Insights from the Teacher Connectedness Project
Authors: Irene García-Moya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43446-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43445-8Published: 16 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-43446-5Published: 15 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 114
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Pedagogic Psychology, Educational Psychology, Applied Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology