Teacher-Student Relationship Cultivation - Educator's Guide (7th Edition)

Author: (USA) Gaidada
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book is primarily aimed at primary and secondary school teachers, highlighting the importance of teacher interpersonal relationships. The entire book instructs teachers on how to use eight communication skills—empathy, respect, enthusiasm, specificity, sincerity, self-disclosure, confrontation, and directness—to effectively manage relationships with students, student parents, colleagues, and the public. Additionally, the book draws on the interpersonal relationship development model proposed by Professor Robert Carkhuff and provides a scale to assess the effectiveness of interpersonal communication. This book is a classic textbook for training interpersonal skills among primary and secondary school teachers. It elaborates on how teachers can use these eight communication skills to handle relationships with students, student parents, colleagues, and the public. The book also offers a wealth of systematic supplementary exercises, which are highly beneficial for readers' learning and reflection. For anyone seeking to improve their interpersonal skills, this book is an invaluable guide.