AS ALL PARENTS KNOW, children's relationships with their teachers can be a crucially
important influence, affecting students' connection to school, motivation, academic …

This chapter argues that students' relationships with teachers are fundamental to their
success in school, and as such, these relationships should be explicitly targeted in school …

A substantial percentage of students come to school with a number of stress factors from life
circumstances, personal clinical attributes, and typical adolescent challenges. As a result …

The purpose of this article is to add to our current understanding of the social contexts of
education by synthesizing research on the nature and influence of relationships between …

There is growing consensus that the nature and quality of children's relationships with their
teachers play a critical and central role in motivating and engaging students to learn …

Theoretical and empirical work on relationships between teachers and children relies on
developmental systems theory as the foundational conceptual model, drawing heavily from …

An increasing body of literature documents associations between student–teacher
relationships, children's academic success, and children's social competence in school …

The current paper explores how students' relationships with their teachers, parents, and
friends might differentially impact their academic experience and success, by presenting and …

Based on theoretical support and emerging evidence at the time, Pianta and colleagues
(2003) recommended a number of critical areas of research required to move the field …

Background Children's early classroom experiences, particularly their interpersonal
interactions with teachers, have implications for their academic achievement and classroom …