Boundary Dilemmas in Teacher-student Relationships: Struggling With "the line"

Lori Price Aultman; Meca R. Williams-Johnson; Paul A. Schutz

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2008.10.002

Boundary Dilemmas in Teacher-student Relationships: Struggling With "the line"

Lori Price Aultman, Meca R. Williams-Johnson, Paul A. Schutz

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Abstract

The teacher-student relationship is viewed as integral to successful teaching and learning but, outside of a few exceptions, ethical boundary issues in this relationship have not been explored. The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' perspectives of their relationships with their students as well as how they described and negotiated relationship boundaries. Findings were organised into a typology of 11 categories of boundaries. The balance between demonstrating care while maintaining a healthy, productive level of control in the classroom was a recurring theme when discussing the boundaries.

Original language	American English
Journal	Teaching and Teacher Education
Volume	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2008.10.002
State	Published - Nov 17 2008

Keywords

Boundaries
Caring
Control
Emotions
Student–teacher relationships
Teacher–student relationships

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Educational Methods
Curriculum and Social Inquiry
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

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