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Articles

Hamre, B. K. & Pianta, R. C. (2006). Student-teacher relationships as a source of support and risk in schools. In G. G. Bear & K. M. Minke (Eds.) Children's Needs III: Development, Prevention, and Intervention (pp. 59 71). Bethesda, Maryland. National Association of School Psychologists.

Crosnoe, R., Johnson, M. K., & Elder, Jr., G. H. (2004). Intergenerational Bonding in School: The Behavioral and Contextual Correlates of Student-Teacher Relationships, Sociology of Education, 77(1), 60-81

Books

The Catholic Schools and the Common Good
By Anthony Bryk, Valerie Lee, and Peter Holland

The Good High School
By Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Enhancing relationships between children and teachers
By Robert C. Pianta

This book aims to provide school psychologists, child psychologists, and other mental health professionals who
work with children with the theoretical and technical basis
for designing interventions that enhance relationships
between children and teachers. The author draws on
research in social development and relationship-systems
theory to describe the role of child?adult relationships in
the development of social and academic competencies
and the potential of child-teacher relationships to promote
healthy development.

Community programs to promote youth development
By Jacquelynne Eccles and Jennifer Appleton Gootman

This book discusses the features of community programs
that can contribute to successful transition from adolescence
to adulthood. It offers insight into ways adolescents’
relationships with teachers and other adults may facilitate
that transition.

 

 


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