Whether relations between students and teachers are constructive at contemporary school?

Abstract

The article aim is to reveal the characteristics of interaction between students and teachers on the students' point of view. The method of written inquiry (the instrument - questionnaire) was used. The study (conducted from 2009 until 2011) included 16450 the five - twelfth grade students from 102 Lithuanian general education schools. The results of this research revealed that according to the opinion of most students (86 percent), relationship between students and teachers is constructive: it is based on students' respect, tolerance, trust, support. Therefore the data showed that the schools are different on the aspect of constructive interaction. In some schools (42 percent) - almost all students noted constructive relationship with teachers (about 90 percent of students noted that). However, there were schools (18 percent), where more than one-fifth of students noted that relationship was negative. Relationship problem was fixed in two schools: every third student was lacking respect, support, hearing and objective evaluation from teachers.