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No Hard Feelings: Finding the Focus in a Teacher-Student Function

No Hard Feelings: Finding the Focus in a Teacher-Student Function The learning process is forever riddled with controversies. Principal among them is that many students leave the classroom with the feeling that the odds are stocked against them, or that teachers bear grudges that are often used to malign their work or progress. But if the main focus in this teacher-student function is to make students realize their educational potential, then teachers ought to be mindful to send the right signal, and not to allow their protégés to leave with the wrong impression. Mind you, teachers are still human beings and are there- No Hard Feelings: Finding The fore not infallible, a characteristic which brings Focus in A Teacher-Student them down to earth to contaminate them with Function the same basic flaws that sometimes beset many relationships. As a teacher, if you adhere to cer- tain professional guidelines, then you can avoid Vernon Augustus Brooks many pitfalls. A reference to guidelines is by no means trifling because those are what help to determine the pillars of the institution of edu- cation. The following paragraphs address a few major ones that can help you to strike an unequivocally productive balance with your students. A teacher should get to know the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The High School Journal University of North Carolina Press

No Hard Feelings: Finding the Focus in a Teacher-Student Function

The High School Journal , Volume 89 (1) – Oct 10, 2005

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University of North Carolina Press
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Copyright © 2005 The University of North Carolina Press.
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1534-5157

Abstract

The learning process is forever riddled with controversies. Principal among them is that many students leave the classroom with the feeling that the odds are stocked against them, or that teachers bear grudges that are often used to malign their work or progress. But if the main focus in this teacher-student function is to make students realize their educational potential, then teachers ought to be mindful to send the right signal, and not to allow their protégés to leave with the wrong impression. Mind you, teachers are still human beings and are there- No Hard Feelings: Finding The fore not infallible, a characteristic which brings Focus in A Teacher-Student them down to earth to contaminate them with Function the same basic flaws that sometimes beset many relationships. As a teacher, if you adhere to cer- tain professional guidelines, then you can avoid Vernon Augustus Brooks many pitfalls. A reference to guidelines is by no means trifling because those are what help to determine the pillars of the institution of edu- cation. The following paragraphs address a few major ones that can help you to strike an unequivocally productive balance with your students. A teacher should get to know the

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The High School JournalUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Oct 10, 2005

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