In a classroom environment where refugee students are present, teachers' attitudes towards these students are considered to be one of the important key factors affecting the students' adaptation process to the education system and the society in which they live. Based on this important factor, the aim of the study was to improve teacher attitudes…

Background: Dealing with errors in the classroom is a crucial aspect of instructional quality and has multiple consequences for students' own dealing with errors, their learning and their achievement. The available literature on error climate indicates a paucity of research on the effects of perceived error climate on social aspects such as…

Significant adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impact health, socialization, academics, engagement in education, and behavior outcomes in elementary students. ACE researchers have identified protective factors, which mitigate the deleterious effects of significant ACEs. One of those protective factors is the positive teacher-student teacher…

Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class of 2011 (n = 14,370; 51% Male; 51% White; 14% Black; 25% Hispanic; 4% Asian; and 6% Other), this study examined the cumulative, timing-specific, and enduring associations between student-teacher relationships in the United States and a broad range of student outcomes.…

Data from whole-class discussions in Dutch upper primary school show that teachers occasionally explicitly take downgraded epistemic stances through epistemic disclaimers such as 'ik weet het niet' (English: "I don't know (it)"), which contrasts with their institutionally assigned epistemic authority. In the current study, we have…

Class teachers have a meaningful role in the life of primary school students as they are responsible for the majority of their students' instruction. Previous research has shown that teachers who make efforts to learn and develop in their work also promote their students' learning and well-being. This learning orientation is referred to in this…

This paper focuses on an exploration of the use of participatory approaches for facilitating change in schools. Lesson observations, fieldnotes from meetings, and interviews with teachers and children were collected in a study that aimed at exploring how inclusion can be promoted through an engagement with student voice in primary (elementary)…

Collaborative relationships between nondominant families and the teachers of elementary-aged children are complicated by teachers' lack of training for family engagement and by hierarchical and racialized power differentials. Home visiting can create a space for teachers to center and honor families' ways of knowing and being, but those home…

Collaborative relationships between families and teachers of elementary-aged children are complicated by teachers' lack of training for family engagement and by hierarchical and racialized power differentials. Home visiting can create a space for teachers to center and honor families' ways of knowing and being, but those home visits need to be…

Research has shown that identifying mental health concerns among students and providing support to those students can have a positive impact on the students' lives, including emotionally, academically, and socially. Teachers are seen as the front-line workers for students and must be able to identify any mental health concerns. The purpose of this…

In this qualitative case study, strategies used in elementary school classrooms to promote hopefulness were examined. The strategies investigated were goal setting, agency, and pathways through six detailed interviews with high-qualified elementary teachers from diverse school systems located in Ohio. Teachers were chosen based on recommendations…

Teachers' professional satisfaction promotes students' educational success. Studies have shown that teaching in a context of high cultural diversity may affect teachers' level of satisfaction (e.g., satisfaction with students, perceived warmth in the teacher-student relationship, sense of efficacy). This longitudinal study conducted among 69…

This study aimed to examine the associations between child temperament and trajectories of the three dimensions of the student-teacher relationship (Closeness, Conflict, and Dependency) during elementary school. Latent class growth analyses conducted among 744 French-Canadian students recruited between 2008 and 2010 (46.8% girls; M[subscript age]…

Boredom in the classroom setting is slowly becoming an epidemic in education, particularly within elementary grade levels (Nett et al., 2010). Most teachers understand that not all students learn the same way and that the same teaching style does not work for all students. When boredom is experienced, students may react very differently--some…

Student-teacher interactions capture bystanders' attention causing an emotional arousal that takes away the focus of attention form the assigned task. To assess attentional and emotional response to socio-emotional interactions within the classroom, student's eye movement and dilatation were registered while investigating children's environmental…