STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Teacher’s readiness to form warm relationships with students might serve as a protective factor for at-risk student. The objectives of this study are to examine (i) the student-teacher relationships in closeness; (ii) the student-teacher relationships in conflict. This research design adopts the quantitative method. Non-probability sampling involving purposive sampling is used in this study. 35 teachers from 6 Chinese National Type schools from regular education classes rated Year Three students from six schools in Johor Bahru on their student-teacher relationships. Student-teacher Relationship Scale Short Form STRS-SF (Pianta, 2001) is a 15-item self-report measures teachers believes of the quality of the teacher-child relationships. 23.5 % of teachers have moderate level of total closeness of student-teacher relationships. 53.9 % and 23.5% of teachers .