Even if your child doesn't realise it, every teacher will have a special relationship with them. But teachers have interactions with many children. So sending a greeting card reminding the teacher of some special moment with your child, or recounting something your child really enjoyed, is a meaningful and lasting way to thank them for what they do. A greeting card is more personal and has a physicality that email and phone calls lack.
It may seem old fashioned to send a greeting card to a teacher, but studies show that a greeting card can be a way of building a really good relationship between teacher and student. Even better, it has been proven that any positive interaction between the family and the school can actually improve your child's academic performance.
In 2008, the British Journal of Educational Technology reported on a study of motivational messages between students and teachers in the school environment. Usually the message would be from a teacher to her pupil, as teachers know the importance of positive, written communication. But the study suggests that this would work in the other direction as well.
The research found that students that received individualize motivational messages did better in tests and had greater levels of confidence. It stands to reason that teachers receiving positive, personalized messages from parents can also benefit from this boost in confidence and motivation to continue to provide quality education and experiences for the children in their class.
The success of the educational system is based around trust between the student, the family and the school. However, US research reported in 2000, in the Journal of School Psychology, that trust between parents and schools declined as students moved through the system from Elementary School to High School.
The researchers argued that it is important to address the issue of communication between families and schools. Trust can be reestablished through the sending of personal, positive messages to teachers. Parents of children at Kindergarten invest ime in the relationship with teachers, but this generally drops off. Yet communication would facilitate the sense of trust.
To build positive relations between teachers and students and their parents, frequent and constructive interactions are required. This was the finding of a longitudinal study published in 1999 in the American Journal Of Community Psychology. On the other hand, it was found that when teacher communication is limited to times when either the parent or the teacher were worried about the child, it was extremely difficult to establish a good working relationship.
A well constructed message in a greeting card is a physical expression of a desire to overcome any difficulties in the relationship between the child and the teacher. Sending a greeting card will have unexpected consequences. These include not only a more effective learning experience for your child, but also to the confidence that he or she will carry into the future.
It may seem old fashioned to send a greeting card to a teacher, but studies show that a greeting card can be a way of building a really good relationship between teacher and student. Even better, it has been proven that any positive interaction between the family and the school can actually improve your child's academic performance.
In 2008, the British Journal of Educational Technology reported on a study of motivational messages between students and teachers in the school environment. Usually the message would be from a teacher to her pupil, as teachers know the importance of positive, written communication. But the study suggests that this would work in the other direction as well.
The research found that students that received individualize motivational messages did better in tests and had greater levels of confidence. It stands to reason that teachers receiving positive, personalized messages from parents can also benefit from this boost in confidence and motivation to continue to provide quality education and experiences for the children in their class.
The success of the educational system is based around trust between the student, the family and the school. However, US research reported in 2000, in the Journal of School Psychology, that trust between parents and schools declined as students moved through the system from Elementary School to High School.
The researchers argued that it is important to address the issue of communication between families and schools. Trust can be reestablished through the sending of personal, positive messages to teachers. Parents of children at Kindergarten invest ime in the relationship with teachers, but this generally drops off. Yet communication would facilitate the sense of trust.
To build positive relations between teachers and students and their parents, frequent and constructive interactions are required. This was the finding of a longitudinal study published in 1999 in the American Journal Of Community Psychology. On the other hand, it was found that when teacher communication is limited to times when either the parent or the teacher were worried about the child, it was extremely difficult to establish a good working relationship.
A well constructed message in a greeting card is a physical expression of a desire to overcome any difficulties in the relationship between the child and the teacher. Sending a greeting card will have unexpected consequences. These include not only a more effective learning experience for your child, but also to the confidence that he or she will carry into the future.
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