Influence of Teacher - Student Relationship and Academic Performance in Nyamagana District
Abstract
Description
The purpose of this study was to examine how teacher-student relationship can promote
academic performance in secondary school. This study was guided by three specific
objectives these were to examine the factors that promotes good teacher-student
relationship on academic performance in Nyamagana District, to examine the role of
teacher- student relationship on academic performance in Nyamagana District and to
identify challenges facing teacher-students’ relationship in promoting academic
performance in Nyamagana District. Questionnaires and interview guide were the tools
used to collect the data. The research involved mixed research approach in which a
descriptive survey design was employed. From 1592 targeted population, 162
respondents were sampled through stratified sampling, simple random sampling and
purposive sampling. Data were gathered by interview and questionnaire, the
quantitative data collected were analyzed by statistical package for social science
(SPSS) version 20 software for windows and the data were presented in tables while
qualitative data were analyzed thematically. It was found that caring students and
storytelling to students are the main factors of building positive teacher-student
relationship in classrooms. The findings from this study also showed that advising
students encouraging students, cooperation with students and respect as the roles
teachers plays in promoting academic performance. However poor participation of
teachers, shortage of teaching and learning material, lack of cooperation and fear of
students to their teachers were found to be the challenges hindering teacher-student relationship
Keywords
Academic Performance