Katie Hanson Source 4

What are the benefits of teacher student interaction?

Hagenauer, Gerda, and Simone E. Volet. "Teacher–student Relationship at University: An Important Yet Under-researched Field." Oxford Review of Education 40.3 (2014): 370-88. Web. 6 Mar. 2016.

In this article the author argues that teacher-student relationships in higher education have not been researched to the extent they should. There is a lot of research in grade school but as students start to get older less and less focused is placed on the relationship. The author believes that actually more research should be focused on teacher-student relationship. He then goes on to give reasons for why it should be investigated more into: investigate if TSRs lead to lower student drop out rates, the relationship also affects teachers making them feel like they belong to the university, and to improve teaching methods to improve academics. The author then goes on to summarize all the research that has been done on the subjects of TSR and explains their limitations and where to expand. There is one important quote though "Furthermore, positive relationships with university teachers not only contribute to the retention of students but also facilitate other factors, such as commitment (Strauss &Volkwein, 2004), effort (Lundberg & Schreiner, 2004), motivation (Rugutt & Chemosit, 2009; Zepke & Leach, 2010), satisfaction (Calvo et al., 2010; Dobranska & Frymier 2004; Trigwell, 2005), engagement (Zepke & Leach, 2010), deep-learning approaches (Trigwell, 2005), achievement, and intellectual development (e.g., critical thinking, learning fundamental principles; Halawah, 2006). Pascarella and Terenzini (2005) empirically show the independent influence of TSR on students’ successful learning, controlling for various personal characteristics (e.g., gender, area of study, achievement orientation)." on page 11. The author also mentions that relationships with teacher leave students with a feeling of belonging to the university that they are enrolled in.

I must admit I was so relieved to have finally found this source. I agree with the authors that there is little research about this topic because I have had such a tough time finding any of it. I thought it was interesting all the effects of a TSR has that aren't simply academic. The sense of belonging to a campus is one that I had never thought about before but it makes sense. I feel like TSR also helps teach students about how to have professional relationships with professors and how to maintain them. I think I do need to read this and other articles again to get another understanding of them. This source does answer questions about benefits but also makes it clear that there still needs to be much more research in the area. There is that to take into mind.

This source responds to the first source and about some of the reasons that students were not satisfied with their courses. I feel like this article would disagree with the guy who talked about the validly of grades because he was all against teacher's emotional feelings. This article is very much about students and teacher developing a relationship and getting to know each other. I feel like I agree with this author much more then the grade guy.

I think I want to still look into this question a bit more. There is another article, (note to self article 2 sent by library) that I want to look into. I am not sure where to go from here though. Maybe looking more into the type of character who is actually taking these classes. I feel like that is an important aspect I haven't yet looked at in detail.