StudentTeacher Relationships

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Student-Teacher Relationships

• Kimberly S. Plake, Ph.D., RPh

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Objectives

• Explain the importance of developing student
  rapport in the terms of classroom management,
  incivility, and academic dishonesty.
• Identify examples of incivility and suggest
  methods to address such occurrences.
• Describe methods that can be used to prevent
  incivility and academic dishonesty.

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• Think about favorite teachers in your past
• What made them your favorite?
• Why were they effective?
• Now think about your least favorite teachers
• Why were they not your favorites?

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What kind of teacher are you?

• I bring to teaching a belief .
• In the classroom, I see myself as .
• I believe students are .
• I seek to foster in students .
• I think learning is .

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Common Student Complaints

• Are not in offices during office hours
• Insult, humiliate, or are rude
• Unprepared
• Do not know subject matter
• Exhibit a negative attitude about a course
• Do not return tests or assignments promptly
• Add extra assignments or require additional
  courses materials not listed in the syllabus
• Selectively extend assignment deadlines

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Common Student Complaints

• Show favoritism
• Are not honest
• Are impatient, defensive or angry when asked
  questions
• Tell ethnic, racist, or sexist jokes
• Give exams or quizzes during the last week of
  semester
• Are unapproachable or unhelpful
• Exhibit intellectual arrogance

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Building Rapport

• Go to classroom early and leave late
• Great the class
• Get to know your students
• Let your personality and interests come through
• Use your students names in ways that build
  self-esteem
• Encourage faculty-student contact inside-outside
  of class
• Use humor to create an informal atmosphere
• Observe and listen

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The First Day

• Goals
• Create a positive classroom experience
• Begin to build a sense of community or belonging
• Introduce self
• Ask student to complete an introduction card
• Begin to learn students names
• Give students an opportunity to meet each other

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• What are some examples of incivility that you
  have seen or experienced?

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• Why does incivility occur?
• What are some of the causes?

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Impact of Incivility

• Faculty
• Lose confidence in teaching
• Become indifferent to the classroom
• Fear for personal safety

• Students
• Decreased student participation and involvement
  in class
• Lose desire to learn
• Lose confidence in academic abilities
• Fear for personal safety

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Prevention

• Set expectations
• Reduce anonymity of students
• Be trustworthy
• Model civil behavior
• Reflect on classroom or lecture series
• Address disruptive behavior when it happens

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Addressing Incivility

• One or more students talking
• A student who falls asleep
• A student who is doing unrelated work
• A disruptive student
• A student who is angry or aggressive
• A student with excuses
• An unprepared student

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Academic Dishonesty

• Dishonesty in connection with any University
  activity, such as cheating, plagiarism, or
  knowingly furnishing false information.
• Knowingly to aid and abet, directly or indirectly
  other parties in committing dishonesty acts is in
  itself dishonest.
• What are some examples?

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Prevention

• Create an environment that promotes academic
  integrity
• Set expectations (including what constitutes a
  violation)
• Include statement on syllabus
• Establish consequences
• Have students sign an academic honor code
• Have class discussion on academic dishonesty
  topics (e.g., plagiarism)
• Use multiple methods of assessment
• Establish testing procedures
• Use colored ink
• Mark lines through incorrect answers

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What if dishonesty occurs?

• Collect evidence and document
• Use consequences that were established
• Consult with Office and Dean of Students

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References

• Davis, BG. 2001. Tools for Teaching. San
  Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass.
• Filine, P. 2005. The Joy of Teaching. Chapel
  Hill, NC The University of North Carolina Press.
• McGlynn, AP. 2001. Successful Beginnings for
  College Teaching. Madison, WI Atwood
  Publishing.
• McKeachie, WL. 2002. Teaching Tips, 11th
  edition. Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin Company.