Student-Teacher Relationship In The Classroom

Students’ relationship with the teacher is important for the student behavior and early academic. More comfortable the students in the classroom will make them comfortable in the learning process in the classroom. Then, students’ achievement will increase. In line with this statement Hamre and Piante (p.49) states that, the social quality of student teacher relationships contributes to both academic and social emotional development Moreover, if the teacher have good relationship with the students, the students are willing to follow the rules and procedures that will influence the disciplinary action of the students. If the students want to follow the rules and the procedures that given by the teacher. Then, it will enhance the student’s

Birch and Ladd (1996 & 1998, in Knoell, 2012:12) reported that the student-teacher relationship can influence students’ future paths toward academic success and was positively linked with children’s academic performance. When teachers are able to form positive student relationships and engage their students, learning becomes an enjoyable experience taking place in a balanced classroom atmosphere (Krause, Bochner & Duchesne, 2006, in Liberante, 2012:5). To realize a positive relationship between students and teacher is difficult, hence each individual has their own way to thing and behave. The qualities of student-teacher relationship will bring a good atmosphere in the classroom. A teacher and students will have a good communication, respect in the classroom, and interest in the teaching and learning. When the teacher and the students have a good communication, the classroom will run effectively and achieve the goal in teaching and learning. From a good relationship the teacher will easy to understand the problems that the students faced in the learning process. Then, teacher can solve the problems by using more effective technique in teaching in order to solve the students’ problem in the learning

Moreover, the teacher–student relationship is one of the most powerful elements within the learning environment. Classroom as the place where the process of learning happen also as the quality of teacher–student interactions within the learning environment. Furthermore, teacher teaching in the classroom and teacher interaction with the student in the classroom or outside the classroom gives a great effect on student learning outcomes. The student feel comfortable when they learn in the classroom that make the students easy to understand the material that the teacher gives to the students. Moreover, the students also does not feel awkward to ask the teacher if they have a problem in understanding the materials. Consequently, the students will motivate in learning and active in the process of learning in the classroom and thn it will increase students’