The purpose of this essay is to analyse why and how teachers should concern themselves
with informal peer interactions in the school. It is widely acknowledged that peer group …

Aims: The relational climate of schools is highly influential in nurturing a sense of
connectedness to school with the teacher-student relationship widely recognised as the …

Students' engagement in school (SES) has been studied regarding its relationship with
students' academic achievement and outcomes, as well as with school dropout and …

Many studies have suggested that friends have a powerful influence on school adjustment,
attitudes, and behaviors. However, there is a paucity of systematic investigations on the …

As the above quote from the authors of the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives handbook
on the affective domain indicates, learners' development of interest in particular academic …

Previous literature has highlighted the role that adults play in fostering school
connectedness and in supporting various outcomes, such as improved health and academic …

There is an ambivalent view about peer relations stemming from psychological theory and
research. On the one hand, there is a well-established position that peer relations have …

The relationships that students have with teachers and peers are important for their
academic, social, and behavioral development. How teachers relate to students may affect …

The purpose of this study is to examine whether social relatedness within kindergarten
classrooms is related to learning behaviours and, if so, whether this can be explained by …

Children socialising in the classroom have often been regarded by teachers as a potential
source of trouble, but some educationalists have taken a more positive view. Joyce Levy …