Abstract:

Contemporary didactic thoughts see the teacher and student as cooperators, as partners co-responsible for the success of the teaching process and promote their relationship as the key element of quality teaching. The educational relationship between a teacher and a student in pedagogical science and practice is an extremely important question from the perspective of creating school culture. Every school possesses a portion of the rules and procedures which are conscious and predictable, weaved into the school curriculums, but the school culture is often represented by the unwritten, unconscious, the thing that really affects the way students and teachers communicate in school. This paper questions the educational relationship between the teacher and student from the perspective of a student.

The aim of the research was to establish a student’s perception of the educational relationship and communication with the teachers in the school and the teaching process. The research problem is focused on the analysis of the relationship between a student and a teacher, the way the teacher and his traits and qualities are perceived from the perspective of the students, as well as student suggestions on the required personality traits of a teacher in order to improve communication, all with the aim of improving the quality of their relationship and the teaching process. 437 examinees, who were all high school students, took part in this research.

Research results showed the elements of the teacher’s behavior they consider to be important to create a positive relationship, as well as those they consider to be obstacles in creating such a relationship and the estimation of the student’s perception of the teacher and the sensations that the teachers invoke in them. The results received were compared with teacher’s answers, which are part of the result of a parallel research.

The positive school culture and quality interpersonal relations in it are a prerequisite of a quality teaching process and the research contributing to the understanding of this phenomenon is scientifically justified and practically applicable.

Keywords:

Teaching process, educational relationship, school culture, communication, interpersonal relation.